Leave Her Johnny
The Longest Johns
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(início)
D G Oh, the times were hard and the wages low, A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D I guess it's time for us to go, A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Verse
D G Beware these packet ships, I say! A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D They'll steal your stores and your clothes away A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Chorus
A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow A D and it's time for us to leave her
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D G There's Liverpool Pat in his tarpaulin hat A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D And Yankee John the pocket rat A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Verse
D G She would not wear and she would not stay A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D She's shipped great seas both night and day A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Chorus
A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow A D and it's time for us to leave her
Verse
D G It's rotten beef and weevil-y bread, A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D It was pump or drown the old man said, A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Verse
D G The sail's all furled, our work is done, A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D And now ashore we'll take our rum A D And it's time for us to leave her!
Chorus
A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow A D and it's time for us to leave her
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