Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
A
E
A
E
C#m
A
G#m
E
Poor
Johnny's dead,
F#
G#
poor John Fry's dead
C#m
F#
F#m
B
All gather round his coffin now and cry
Bb
B
E
Why did such a fella have to die?
Poor Johnny's day,
G
G#
poor John Fry's day,
C#m
F#
B
He's looking oh so peaceful and serene,
and serene.
E
G#
He's all laid out to rest,
G#aug
A
Bb
with his hands across his chest,
B
E
His fingernails have never been so clean
And then the preacher'd
F
get up and he'd say
to moan and groan
Who hung himself up by a rope
in a smokehouse
Cdim
And then there'd be weepin' and wailin'
And then he'd say Jod was
the most misunderstood man in his territory
B
Fdim
People used to think he was a mean,
Fm
ugly felon,
pit -stealer.
B
F
But, the folks that really knowed him,
shirts he always wore,
F
C
F
Yet Fry loved his fellow man.
C
F
He loved his fellow man.
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Dbsus4
an d the beasts of the field,
and the vermin in the barn,
and he treated the rats like equals,
so nobody ever noted.
Poor Jod is dead,
F#
Ab
poor Jod Rye is dead
F#
and wailin'
Bb
B
Because poor Judd
Poor Judd is dead,
F#
Ab
a candle lights his head.
Dbm
F#
He's laying in a coffin
Bb
B
And now they know their friend
Poor Johnny's dead.
F#
Ab
How can the lights he's made?
Dbm
F#
B
He's looking, so pretty and so nice.
A
Bb
It's a shame that he won't keep
A
E
Ho -o -o -oM
Joaaaaaaaahn
B
E
Ho -o -o -oM
Joaaaaaaaaaahn
Ho -o Joaaaaan
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A C#m G#m F#...
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