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There Was John easy guitar chords by 
Lilli Cooper & Santino Fontana
N/A•
Verse 1
G
C
G
Ebaug
G
F
Em
I was the girl
A
in the bubble at school
D
Behind my own personal
G
wall for protection
Em
C#dim
A
I'd sit there alone like a fool
C
F
I never was able to
G
make a connection
Em
A
Then one day I tried out for the play
C
D
G
I'll never forget it, a flea in her ear,
Em
C#dim
A
and I was suddenly someone with something to say,
C#dim
C
F
G
making a sound everybody could hear.
Em
And sud denly everything
Ebaug
made some sense,
Em
A
then I saw this guy in the audience.
G
B
And there was John,
Em
fifth row on the aisle
C#dim
with a big smile on.
A
Dsus4
And after the show he
G
B
came backstage
Em
And now that this birdie
was out of her cage
C#dim
A
Am
D
Well, everything was okay
B
Em
We'd date for a year,
A
then we're cohabitating
C
D
Then I get a big chance
G
to take the next step
B
Em
A
Away from a job I was hating
Am
D
G
And into a slot in the regional rep.
Em
In rehearsal all day,
Ebaug
after day, after day.
Em
G
Em
Creating and playing,
C#dim
A
and play after play.
C
And night after night,
Cm
igniting the spark.
Em
Connecting with all of those
F
folks in the dark.
G
B
And John was there,
there with a smile
Em
C#dim
and his hands in the air
A
C
Dsus4
Clapping for me and
D
G
back home we'd go
B
Em
Happy together for eight
C#dim
A
or nine hours or so
Am
And everything was okay
D
Am
And then I'd be gone again
Dsus4
Bb
Eb
This life takes everything you give it.
D
Like a puppy or a kid.
Gm
C
But if you really love it, you live it.
F
And that's what I did.
Ebaug
Em
Played carousel on the
A
road for the winter.
Am
D
G
From April to June I toured Cabaret.
B
Em
Then Mother Courage in stock
A
in England all summer,
Am
F
G
B
and John tried to call almost every day.
Em
He told me he wanted some
kids and a wife,
and that's when I realized
A
C#dim
this is my life.
Em
I made my choice,
B
but I never expressed it.
Em
A
An d when I got home, can you guess?
Yeah, I
Guess did.
G
B
John was gone.
Em
Everything on the left of
C#dim
A
the closet was gone.
Am
F
His electric guitar and his amp and his
G
B
car were gone. Just poof.
Em
There I was standing
C#dim
under a roof alone.
C
Am
And yes, my heart was almost broken.
Adim
But I'd made my choice,
Cm
F
and I'd make it again.
Bb
D
And now, where's John?
Gm
I think Portland, Maine.
C
Or maybe it's Oregon.
Cm
With a kid and a wife.
Bb
D
And here is me.
Gm
Another dressing room number
C
one thousand and three.
Cm
F
Exactly where I should be.
Cm
F
Exactly where we should be.
Ebm
And everything's okay
Ab
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