{"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":67651,"song":"Johnny Come Lately","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11544029-johnny-come-lately-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/67651?type=chord","rating":4.7703,"votes":155,"content":"Johnny Come Lately\r\nby Steve Earle\r\nfrom the album Copperhead Road\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm an American, boys, I've come a long way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born and bred in the USA[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo listen up close, I got something to say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoys, I'm buying this round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, it took a little while, but we're in this fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAin't going home 'til we've done what's right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonna drink Camden Town dry tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I have to spend my last pound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I first got to London it was pourin' down rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMet a little girl in the field canteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPainted her name on the nose of my plane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSix more missions, I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I asked if I could stay and she said that I might[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen the warden came around yelling \"shut out the lights\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDeath rainin' out of the London night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe made love 'til dawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny comes marching home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy P-47 is a pretty good ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlways got me through so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they can ship me all over this great big world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever find nothing like my North End girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm taking her home with me one day, sir[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon as we win this war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny comes marching home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow my granddaddy sang me this song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTold me about London when the blitz was on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow he married Grandma and brought her back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA hero throughout this land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA couple purple hearts so I move a little slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's nobody here, maybe nobody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout a place called Vietnam[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny comes marching home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny comes marching home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n(Repeat 5 or 6 times and fade out)","plain_text":"Johnny Come Lately\nby Steve Earle\nfrom the album Copperhead Road\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nG\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG        C\nG        D\nEm    C  G\nG  D  G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG        C\nG        D\nEm    C  G\nG  D  G\n\nG        C\nG        D\nEm    C  G\nG  D  G\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nG        C\nG        D\nEm    C  G\nG  D  G\n\n(Repeat 5 or 6 times and fade out)","chords":["G","C","D","Em","A"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}