Long John chords by Woody Guthrie
Verse 1
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Gonna tell you the story
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About old Lost John
Lost John was a boy that got loose
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From a chain gang down in Louisiana
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About sixteen bloodhound, took in after him
Verse 2
Sheriffs, deputies
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And everybody else in the county
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Chasin' him all across the swamp
Verse 3
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Lost John outrun the
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bloodhounds there
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All night long, it was long
towards mornin'
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He looked up to the tree there
Verse 4
And seen the lights from a house
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He didn't know whether the people inside
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Was friends or were enemies
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So he wanted to go
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up to the house
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So, and asked if he could stay there
To get away from the bloodhounds
Verse 5
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He was afraid if he did go up there
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That the people might set their dogs
Barking at him or shoot him down
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With a Winchester riffle
Verse 6
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This is the story
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about Lost John
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Old Lost John ain't lost no
Verse 7
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Long John
Woody Guthrie
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