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D9
I'm D9sorry you couldn't G9make it
You could have D9seen him, so weathered anG9d dated
He was a EJohnny Come Lately
And I knAow that you would hate him
If you'd D9seen his botanical lG9eanings
First prize D9exhibit and all down to good sG9pirit
He was a JoEhnny Come Lately
And I knAow that you would hate me
If I eD9nvied the things that he sG9poke of
How I D9envied the things that he G9thought of
He was a JEohnny Come Lately
And I Aknow that you would hate me
If I tGold you that I made some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a gaBmrden grow
Where the Gmsun no longer shDines
If I aGmsked too many questions and I stayed behind
To find out how to make a gaDrden grow
But he neEver ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken Asoil
D9  G9
D9  G9
He didn't nD9eed us, just tempted and teG9ased us
You could have D9been here, wishing you wG9ere here
This was a JoEhnny Come Lately
And I knAow that you would hate me
He was a JoEhnny Come Lately
And I kAnow that you would hate me
If I tGold you that I made some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a gBmarden grow
Where the Gmsun no longer shiAnes
He assGured me that the seeds you sold were sound
But I must have cast them all on stBmony ground
And nGmow the sun won't sDhine
I must have aGmsked too many questions
And stayed behind to find out how to make a garDden grow
But he neEver ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken sAoil.
D9Picking pattern:
E-------0-----    E-------5-----   E-------0-----
B-----7---7---    B-----8---8---   B-----2---2---
G---7-------7-    G---7-------7-   G---2-------2-
D-0-----------    D-5-----------   D-------------
A-------------    A-------------   A-0-----------
E-------------    E-------------   E-------------
"If D9I told you that..G9."      "sun no longAer shines"
E------------------          E-----------------
B------------------          B-----------8-7-5-
G------------------          G-------9-6-------
D-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-4-2          D-5-7-5-----------
A------------------          A-----------------
E------------------          E-----------------

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Johnny Come Lately

by Catatonia

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D9 G9

I'm sorry you couldn't make it

D9 G9

You could have seen him, so weathered and dated

He was a Johnny Come Lately

And I know that you would hate him

D9 G9

If you'd seen his botanical leanings

D9 G9

First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit

He was a Johnny Come Lately

And I know that you would hate me

D9 G9

If I envied the things that he spoke of

D9 G9

How I envied the things that he thought of

He was a Johnny Come Lately

And I know that you would hate me

If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind

To find out how to make a garden grow

Gm D

Where the sun no longer shines

If I asked too many questions and I stayed behind

To find out how to make a garden grow

E A

But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil

D9 G9

He didn't need us, just tempted and teased us

D9 G9

You could have been here, wishing you were here

This was a Johnny Come Lately

And I know that you would hate me

He was a Johnny Come Lately

And I know that you would hate me

If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind

To find out how to make a garden grow

Gm A

Where the sun no longer shines

He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound

But I must have cast them all on stony ground

Gm D

And now the sun won't shine

I must have asked too many questions

And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow

E A

But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil.

Picking pattern:

E-------0----- E-------5----- E-------0-----

B-----7---7--- B-----8---8--- B-----2---2---

G---7-------7- G---7-------7- G---2-------2-

D-0----------- D-5----------- D-------------

A------------- A------------- A-0-----------

E------------- E------------- E-------------

D9 G9 A

"If I told you that..." "sun no longer shines"

E------------------ E-----------------

B------------------ B-----------8-7-5-

G------------------ G-------9-6-------

D-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-4-2 D-5-7-5-----------

A------------------ A-----------------

E------------------ E-----------------

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