Long John chords by Sonny Terry
Verse 1
G
I'm long gone,
D
G
D
I'm a long time gone,
G
D
Like a turkey through the corn borne,
G
With my long clothes on.
Well if I had listened, if I had listened,
C#m
G
What my good gal said, what
my good gal said,
I'd have been a -sleepin',
I'd have been a -sleepin' in my good gal's bed, my good gal's bed
F#m
G
But I didn't listen, I didn't listen,
just rambled about, rambled about
And now I'm on a chain gang,
now I'm on a chain gang
With my teeth poked out,
my teeth poked out
F#
F#m
G
Em
I'm Long John, Long John,
F#
G
I'm a long time gone, boy
Like a turkey through the corn, boy
With my long clothes on
D
G
I got a heel in front, got a heel in front
A heel behind, and a heel behind
You can't quite tell, can't quite tell
If I'm running or flying, running or flying
F#m
I'm Long John, Long John
G
F#
G
A long time gone, boy
I'm a long time gone, boy
F#
G
Like a turkey through the corn, boy
with my long clothes on
D
C#m
G
I'm a way out jenner,
a way out jenner
F
a head of them hounds,
G
a head of them hounds
ain't a hound in town, a hound in town
F#m
G
that can run me down, run me down
F#m
I'm a long john, a long john
G
D
a long time gone boy,
G
I'm a long time gone boy
F#m
G
Like a turkey through the convoy
F#m
G
with my long clothes on
F#
Well, I'm a -standin' on the corner,
a -standin' on the corner
F#m
G
With my dollar in my hand,
G
my hat in my hand
E
I'm waitin' for the cold things
Em
that the white folks send
The white folks send
G
G
Sendin' old cold taters, old cold taters
And a -tittlin' stew, a -tittlin' stew
D
F#m
And a -sendin' old hog -eyes
D
G
and a -cold tub too
D
G
F#m
D
G
I'm Long John, Long John,
G
a long time gone boy
G
I'm a long time gone boy,
like a turkey to the corn boy
Like a turkey to the corn boy,
G
with my long clothes on
Long John
Sonny Terry
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