{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1854671,"song":"Poor Little John","artist":"Roger Miller","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411702-poor-little-john-chords-by-roger-miller/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854671?type=chord","rating":4.5453,"votes":6,"content":"[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle John lived on a mountainside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever thought much about taking on a bride,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinally he upped and he married one day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                \r\nShe didn't like the country so she done run away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nPoor little John, poor little John,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhat you gonna do, livin' all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle John say what a fool I be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHot tone woman make a monkey outa me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife gets lonesome on the mountainside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nGuess that's the reason little John sit and cried[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nPoor little John, poor little John,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhat you gonna do, livin' all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\r\n\r\nG   C-D-G x2\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle John don't know what he gonna do,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLose one woman, don't wanna try for two,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGuess he'll get along without no help,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             \r\nLive all his life on the mountain by hisself[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nPoor little John, poor little John,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhat you gonna do, livin' all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nYour Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone[/tab]","plain_text":"G\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\n\nG   C-D-G x2\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\n\nG   C-D-G x2\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}