Getaway John Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][D][C][D]

[Verse 1]
Get [D]away, get [C]away
[Am]Get [D]away, get [C]away
Poor John
[D]

[Verse 2]
John [G]Hardy was a [D]fightin' man
[G]Carried a razor [D]ev'ry day
[G]He killed a man in [D]Mobile town
You [C]ought to see my Johnny get [D]away
You [C]ought to see my Johnny get [D]away

[Verse 3]
Get [D]away[C]
Get [D]away, get [C]away
Poor [D]John

[Verse 4]
John [G]Hardy was standin' [D]at the bar
[G]So drunk he could not [D]see
[G]Along came a sheriff with
[D]a warrant in his hand
[C]"Johnny boy,
you'd better come with [D]me
Yeah, [C]Johnny boy,
you'd better come with [D]me"

[Verse 5]
John [G]Hardy had a [D]pretty little gal
[G]Kept her dressed [D]in blue
[G]He saw her in the [D]hangin' crowd
Cryin', [C]"Johnny boy,
I'll be true [D]to you
[C]Johnny boy, I'll be true [D]to you"

[Verse 6]
True [D]to you[C]
True [D]to you, true [C]to you
Poor, John
[D]

[Verse 7]
I've [G]been to the East [D]and
I've been to the West
[G]Been this whole [D]world 'round
I've [G]been to the North and
[D]I lived in the South
[C]This will be my buryin' [D]ground
This [C]will be my buryin' [D]ground

[Verse 8]
[D]Well, I've been this wide world [C]over
[D]Been this whole world [C]'round
[D]Been to the river and I've [C]been baptized
[D]Take me to [C]my buryin' [D]ground

[Verse 9]
Get [D]away, get away, get away

[Outro 1]
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