Roll on John chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
Verse 1
(G major) Doctor,
doctor tell me the time of day (C major)
Another bottle's empty,
another penny spent (G major)
He turned around and he
slowly walked away (C major)
They shot him in the back
and down he went
(G major)
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Verse 2
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so (C major) bright
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 3
From the Liverpool docks to the red-light
Hamburg Hamburg street (C major) s
Down in the quarry with the
Quarry men (G major)
Playing to the big crowds,
playing to the cheap (C major) seats
Another day in the life on your way
to your journey's end
(G major)
Verse 4
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so bright (C major)
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 5
(G major) Sailin' through the trade winds
bound for the south (C major)
Rags on your back just like
any other slave (G major)
They tied your hands and they
clamped your mouth (C major)
Wasn't no way out of that
deep dark cave
(G major)
Verse 6
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so bright (C major)
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 7
I heard the news today, oh boy (C major)
They hauled your ship up
on the shore (G major)
Now the city gone dark,
there is no more joy (C major)
They tore the heart right out
and cut him to the core
(G major)
Verse 8
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so bright (C major)
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 9
(G major) Put on your bags and
get 'em packed (C major)
Leave right now,
you won't be far from wrong (G major)
The sooner you go the quicker
you'll be back (C major)
You've been cooped up on
an island far too (G major) long
Verse 10
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so (C major) bright
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 11
Slow down you're moving
way too fast (C major)
Come together right now over me (G major)
Your bones are weary,
you're about to breathe your last (C major)
Lord, you know how hard that it can be
(G major)
Verse 12
Shine your (C major) light
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so (C major) bright
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 13
(G major) Roll on, John,
roll through the rain and snow (C major)
Take the right-hand road road and
go where the buffalo roam (G major)
They'll trap you in an ambush
before you know (C major)
Too late now to sail back (G major) home
Verse 14
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so bright (C major)
Roll on, John
(G major)
Verse 15
(G major) Tyger, tyger burning (C major) bright
I pray the Lord my soul to (G major) keep
In the forests of the night (C major)
Cover 'em over and let him sleep
(G major)
Verse 16
Shine your light (C major)
Movin' on (D major)
You burned so (C major) bright
Outro 1
Roll on, John
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
Roll on John
Bob Dylan
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