Long John chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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Verse 1
(D major) (D minor) I'm (A minor) Lone John, (D major) I'm a long (G major) time (D major) gone,
(A major) Like a turkey through the corn (D minor) borne,
(A major) With my long clothes on.
(D major) Well, if I (D minor) had listened, if I (D major) had listened,
(A major) What my (D major) good gal said, what
my good gal (A major) said,
I'd have been a (D major) -sleepin',
I'd have been a -sleepin'
In my good gal's bed,
my good gal's bed
But I didn't listen, (G major) I didn't listen
Just rambled (E minor) about, (G major) rambled (E minor) about
And (G major) now I'm on a (F sharp minor) chain gang,
(E minor) now I'm on a chain gang
(D major) With my teeth poked out,
my teeth poked (E minor) out
I'm Long (D major) John, Long (E minor) John
I'm a long time gone, boy
(D major) Like a turkey through the corn, boy
With my long (A major) clothes on
I got a (G major) heel in the front,
got a (F major) heel in the (D major) front,
a (G major) heel be (A major) hind, and a (D major) heel behind.
You (E minor) can't quite tell,
(G major) can't quite tell if I'm running or flying,
running or flying.
I'm (D minor) Long (D major) John, Long John,
a long time gone boy,
I'm (F major) a long time (G major) gone boy.
Like a turkey through the (A major) corn (D major) boy,
with (A major) my long clothes on.
(D major) I'm (A major) a way out (D major) jenner, a way out jenner
A (F major) head of them hounds,
(D minor) a head of them (D major) hounds
Ain't (A major) a hound in town,
(D major) a hound in (A major) town
That can (F sharp minor) run me (D major) down, (G major) run me (E minor) down
I'm a (G major) long (D major) john, a long (G major) john
A (D major) long time (A major) gone (D major) boy
I'm a long time (G major) gone (D major) boy
(F sharp minor) Like (D major) a turkey through the corn boy
With (A major) my long clothes on
(D major) Well, (A major) I'm (D major) standing on the (F sharp minor) corner
I'm standing on the (D major) corner
With my (F sharp minor) dollar in my (D major) hand
My (A major) hat in my (D major) hand
I'm waiting for the (E minor) cold things
That the white folks send
The white folks send
(A major) Sendin' (F sharp minor) old coal taters
Old coal taters
And a (D major) chitlin stew
A (A major) chitlin stew
And a (D major) sendin' old hog -eye
(D major) An d a coal tub too
I'm Long John, Long John,
a long time (G major) gone (A major) boy
I'm a long time (G major) gone (D major) boy
I like a turkey to the corn boy
(D major) I like a turkey to the corn boy
With my (A major) long clothes on
Long John
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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