The Dead South – Father John (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am G Am Am G Am [Verse 1]
                             G                Am
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God

                                G               Am
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song

C          G                E7           Am
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away

           G                                      Am
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay

       G                                         Am
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
[Verse 2]
                              G                   Am
Rumours on the street well, I hear they're coming true

                             G             Am
That filthy man he caught 'em put 'em on a noose

C                     G               E7             Am
 'Cause every word he said the people ate out of his hand

     G                                 Am
With just one crying word you could be dead

     G                                 Am
With just one crying word you could be dead
[Instrumental] Am G Am Am G Am C G Em F C G F C G Em Am Am G Am Am G Am [Verse 3]
     Am
They caught 'em up near Beckett Brook

         G                Am
When the crew came riding through

Am
They rounded up they young boys

G                      Am
Chased 'em through the slough

C            G                 E7           Am
 I heard one drowned while the others hung around

G                       Am
 Father John caught his prey
[Verse 4]
                            G             Am
With heavy eyes their mommas they came to weep

                                G                Am
Looking down at their young boys Father John did reap

      C            G                E7                 Am
Them away from the land and all the families that they had

       G                                      Am
And on other side of the mountains where they lay

       G                                         Am
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
[Instrumental] Am [Outro]
                             G                Am
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God

                                G               Am
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song

C          G                E7           Am
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away

           G                                      Am
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay

       G                                         Am
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay

       G                                      Am
On the other side of the mountains where they lay