Steve Earle – Johnny Come Lately (Guitar)
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by Steve Earle
from the album Copperhead Road
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C I'm an American, boys, I've come a long way G D I was born and bred in the USA Em C G So listen up close, I got something to say G D Boys, I'm buying this round G C Well, it took a little while, but we're in this fight G D Ain't going home 'til we've done what's right Em C G Gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight G D G If I have to spend my last pound
[Verse 2]
G C When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain G D Met a little girl in the field canteen Em C G Painted her name on the nose of my plane G D Six more missions, I'm gone G C Well, I asked if I could stay and she said that I might G D Then the warden came around yelling "shut out the lights" Em C G Death rainin' out of the London night G D G We made love 'til dawn
[Chorus]
C G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home G D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan Em C G They'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone G D G When Johnny comes marching home
[Instrumental]
G C
G D
Em C G
G D G
[Verse 3]
G C My P-47 is a pretty good ship G D She took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip Em C G I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip G D Always got me through so far G C Well, they can ship me all over this great big world G D Never find nothing like my North End girl Em C G I'm taking her home with me one day, sir G D G Soon as we win this war
[Chorus]
C G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home G D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan Em C G They'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone G D G When Johnny comes marching home
[Instrumental]
G C
G D
Em C G
G D G
G C
G D
Em C G
G D G
[Verse 4]
G C Now my granddaddy sang me this song G D Told me about London when the blitz was on Em C G How he married Grandma and brought her back home G D A hero throughout this land G C Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego G D A couple purple hearts so I move a little slow Em C G There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows G D G About a place called Vietnam
[Chorus]
C G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home G D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan Em C G They'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone G D G When Johnny comes marching home C G Now when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home G D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan Em C G They'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone G D G When Johnny comes marching home
[Outro]
G C
G D
Em C G
G D G
(Repeat 5 or 6 times and fade out)