lost john chords by Lonnie Donegan

SimplifiedG · D · C#dim · C · Gdim …

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D
C#dim
C
Gdim
A

Intro 1

Verse 1

Ha!

This here's a story about, Lost John

Lost John done flew the coop!

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Verse 2

Hee!

How many long gone?

Verse 3
G 
C#dim 
G 
 (G major) Lost  (C sharpdim)  (G major) 
John standin'
by the railroad track
Waitin' for the freight
train to come back
Freight train came back and
never made no stop
Lost John thought he'd
have to ride on top

Verse 4

Well, he's long, long,

long gone (woo-yeah)

And he's long, long, long gone

Verse 5
G 
Yeah,  (G major) lost John came into the
country woman's house
Sat down there as quiet,
just as quiet as a mouse
She said, 'Now Mister Lost John,
be my friend
Be my friend up until the
end.'

Verse 6
G 
Well ('cause) he's  (G major) long,
long, long gone
(Well, l'm talkin' 'bout it)
Now he's long, long,
C 
G 
 (C major) long  (G major) gone
(Yeah, came into the country
woman's house)

Verse 7
G 
Lost John  (G major) came into a country
woman's house
Sat there as quiet, quiet as a mouse
Said, 'Mister Lost John be my friend
Be my friend until the end.'

Verse 8

Well, I'm long, long, long gone

Well, I'm (he's) long,

long, long gone

Verse 9
G 
 (G major) 
Yeah, she said
'Lost John a-don't you
you have no fear
I'm sending for the porter, gonna
buy some beer'
He said, 'Now woman
don't you buy no beer
The cop's is on my trail and-a soon
soon be here'

Verse 10

Well, I'm long, long, long gone

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Well, he's long, long,

long gone

Verse 11
G 
 (G major) (Makin' a pair of shoes
of his own)
Well, they caught Lost John
Put 'em in the pen
Summer break and gone
And now he's out again

Verse 12

If anybody asks you

Who sung this song

Tell 'em Lonnie Donegan

Been 'ere and gone

Verse 13

Well, he's long, long,

long gone (ooone)

Well, he's long, long,

long gone (one more time, ah)

Verse 14
G 
A 
C 
Well, he's long, long,  (G major) long  (A major)  (C major) gone
G 
 (G major) (He's goin', he's goin')
Well he's long, long,
(long) gone
(Bib-idy-ba-ba-ba-ba-baah)
Hey, baby! (Thank you)
Thank you!

Verse 15

Oh yeah, Mike

(yeah)

Verse 16
C#dim 
VM: Thankyou very much.  (C sharpdim) 
A 
G 
Now we would  (A major) like  (G major) to have
a surprise for you tonight
I'd like to bring on a friend of mine from way back,
Dr John
Yeah.

Verse 17
G 
We're gonna do this-a, we're  (G major) 
C#dim 
we're gonna do this  (C sharpdim) song
G 
 (G major) That was written by a, while back by this-a
British-a trumpet player guitarist
Ken Colyer
(Yeah, that's the man)