Johnny Half-Breed Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]This song is called Johnny Hathaway
by Peter Lafarge.
I'll tell you of a man,
he [G]was a half -breed [D]too
He knew the woods and roamed them,
he [Em]was an [E]outcast [A]true
But [D]people, they all run him off,
he [G]never came around
[D]And whe[G]n it came to hid[D]ing,
he [A]sure could not be [D]found
They called him Johnny Halfbreed
and they [G]made it mighty clear
[D]They called him Johnny Halfbreed,
Half[Em]breeds ain't welcome [A]here
Mon[D]grels ain't invited,
no [G]curves do we al[D]low
So [G]listen Johnny, [D]half -breed,
go [A]out and get out [D]now
Now the city that we speak of
was [G]named for Galilee
[D]Within a forest ocean,
a [E]mighty sea [A]of trees
[D]All around in the forest, half [G]-breed
Johnny rambled round
[D]He knew [G]all about the eagle
[D]and where the hon[A]ey could be fou[D]nd
Not a white man or an Indian,
no par[G]ents and no [D]land
The trees they were his teachers
and the [Em]animals [E]his clan
[A]He could conver[D]se with the otter
and he [G]held court with the [D]bear
They [G]say he taught the [D]fishes
and [A]the birds
when they were [D]there
[G]They [D]called him Johnny Halfbreed
[Em]Halfbreeds ain't welcome here
[A]Mon[D]gols ain't invited
No [G]curbs do we al[D]low
So [G]listen Johnny Half[D]breed
Go [A]out and get out [D]now
Now in the town we speak of,
the new [G]mayor, he had a [D]child
A girl of six or seven,
[Em]and not uncom[E]mon [A]wild
[D]Of ten she would wander,
and [G]then return to home
[D]Till onc[G]e a flying squirrel[D]
temp[A]ted her to [D]roam
She followed a half a mile or more
[A]until [G]she lost the [D]track
Panic hit her suddenly,
she knew [E]of no way [A]back
[D]The forest turned and twisted,
[G]all about her every way[D]
And all [G]her steps were wrong ones
[A]when she got lost that [D]day
They called him Johnny Halfbreed,
and they [G]made it mighty clear
[D]They called him Johnny Halfbreed,
Half[E]breeds ain't welcome here
[A]Mongre[D]ls ain't invited,
no [G]curves do we allow
[D]So lis[G]ten, Johnny Halfbre[D]ed,
go [A]out and get out [D]now
When she turned up missing,
a [G]mighty search was [D]called
They feared that she was murdered,
and [E]worried she was [A]mauled
They [D]tramped the woods for miles around,
and the [G]helicopters [D]flew
And [G]when all that was [D]finished,
[A]nothing's all they [D]knew
Some mentioned Johnny,
and [G]some laughed [D]it down
Some unspoke of woodcraft,
and some [Em]said that for his [A]clown
Some [D]said, well he's just a bum,
a [G]dirty lost half [D]-breed
But [G]Johnny was their [D]one hope,
and they [A]sent for him with [D]steam
They call him Johnny Halfbreed,
and they [G]made it mighty clear
[D]They call him Johnny Halfbreed,
Half[E]breeds ain't welcome [A]here
Mon[D]gols ain't invited,
no [G]courage will we al[D]low
So [G]listen Johnny Half[D]breed,
go [A]out and get out [D]now
Johnny started searching
until [G]he tracked the [D]child
He carried her in his half -breed
arms out [E]of the forest [A]wild
He [D]was a hero for a day,
they asked [G]him to remain
[D]They [G]said they'd learned
their [D]lesson,
that all [A]people are the [D]same
Johnny said,
you take your handshakes,
your side[G]walks,
and your [D]town.
Ask for me by the whippoorwill,
he'll [E]say where I'll be [A]found.
I [D]prefer to talk with wildcats,
and to [G]hear the wild goose [D]moan.
I'm [G]heading back to a [D]wilderness,
[A]the forest is my [D]home.
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