Roger Miller – Poor Little John (Guitar)

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Chords

G [VERSE 1]
G
Little John lived on a mountainside,

C               D          G
Never thought much about taking on a bride,

G
Finally he upped and he married one day,

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She didn't like the country so she done run away
[CHORUS]
C                  G               
Poor little John, poor little John,

      C             D                G       
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone

C                    G 
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,

     C             D                G   
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
[INSTRUMENTAL] G C-D-G x2 [VERSE 2]
G
Little John say what a fool I be,

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Hot tone woman make a monkey outa me,

G
Life gets lonesome on the mountainside,

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Guess that's the reason little John sit and cried
[CHORUS]
C                  G               
Poor little John, poor little John,

      C             D                G       
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone

C                    G 
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,

     C             D                G   
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
[INSTRUMENTAL] G C-D-G x2 [VERSE 3]
G
Little John don't know what he gonna do,

C           D          G 
Lose one woman, don't wanna try for two,

G
Guess he'll get along without no help,

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Live all his life on the mountain by hisself
[CHORUS]
C                  G               
Poor little John, poor little John,

      C             D                G       
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone

C                    G 
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,

     C             D                G   
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone