{"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":2532621,"song":"Hang On John","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11511499-hang-on-john-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2532621?type=chord","rating":0.08357,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJohn Taylor left his native home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter the whale-fish he did go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the Atlantic coast and around Cape Horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the South Seas where the whale-fish blow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, his boat was sunk and his luck bein' gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRound a rocky island he made his home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he prayed and he hoped and he dreamed in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a ship to carry him home again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn old man come a-walkin' along the beach[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHarpoon in hand and a shining face[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I come from my home on the rolling sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCarry you back to your native place\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they sang and they rowed and they sang and sailed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill they spied them a newborn whale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the old man harpooned him in the back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut to sea they hauled their slack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they had not been sailin' but a month or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Land ho!\" was the old man's happy words[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd John saw the cliffs risin' from the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeard the cry o' Nantucket birds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they never stopped when they reached dry ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they hauled their slack into John's hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd John got off at his own front door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever saw the old man or the whale anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon you'll see your native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's, hang on, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll see Nantucket's shores once more[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C","Bm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}