Em (022000@1) GWell, (320003@1)there were guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo!
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) DThere (xx0232@1)were guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo!
G (320003@1) DThere (xx0232@1)was Kathy there alone, I fear,
C (x32010@1) EmWhen (022000@1)her brother went out to slay ya.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmDarlin' (022000@1)dear, you look so queer, for Johnny we hardly knew ya.
Em (022000@1) GOn (320003@1)the first of March, he took his gun, haroo, haroo!
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) DOn (xx0232@1)the first of March, he tracked ya down, haroo, haroo!
G (320003@1) DHe (xx0232@1)fired the shot, ya bit the dust,
C (x32010@1) EmPoor (022000@1)Kathy she cried a victim of lust.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmDarlin' (022000@1)dear, you look so queer, for Kathy she hardly knew ya.
EmWell, (022000@1)hey there Johnny, now how ya been?
DI (xx0232@1)seen ya hangin' 'round.
AmYou're (x02210@1)lookin' mighty pale,
EmAnd (022000@1)then your eyes cast on the ground.
Em (022000@1) DWell, (xx0232@1)hey there Johnny, how ya been?
C (x32010@1) EmI (022000@1)heard a young man boast.
Em (022000@1) CHe (x32010@1)shot ya down one mornin',
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)your now Johnny's ghost.
EmWell, (022000@1)hey there, Johnny, we loved ya, boy,
DBut (xx0232@1)you've been playin' 'round.
AmYou (x02210@1)brought the wrath of the husbands,
EmThe (022000@1)wives you spun around.
Em (022000@1) DWell, (xx0232@1)hey there, Johnny, you weren't so bad,
C (x32010@1) EmCould (022000@1)make you into two.
Em (022000@1) CTo (x32010@1)dance a jig with Johnny,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmThat's (022000@1)all they asked of you.
GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DYou (xx0232@1)brought the husbands scorn.
You had the lovers over night
EmAnd (022000@1)disappeared at dawn.
C (x32010@1) GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DA (xx0232@1)drink and here's a toast:
G (320003@1) CHere's (x32010@1)to drunken Irishmen,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)here's to Johnny's ghost.
EmWell, (022000@1)hey there, Johnny, your momma cried,
DI (xx0232@1)hear your messin' 'round.
AmYou (x02210@1)left poor Kathy pregnant,
EmAnd (022000@1)ran for higher ground.
Em (022000@1) DNow (xx0232@1)Kathy's older brother got
C (x32010@1) EmThe (022000@1)first gun he could find.
Em (022000@1) CHe (x32010@1)tracked ya down one mornin'
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmWith (022000@1)murder on his mind.
GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DOh, (xx0232@1)Kathy, she did mourn.
She's screamin' for ya, Johnny,
EmThe (022000@1)babes 'bout to be born.
C (x32010@1) GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DA (xx0232@1)drink and here's a toast:
G (320003@1) CHere's (x32010@1)to drunken Irishmen,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)here's to Johnny's ghost.
Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Em (022000@1)GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DOh, (xx0232@1)Kathy, she did mourn.
She's screamin' for ya, Johnny,
EmThe (022000@1)babes 'bout to be born.
C (x32010@1) GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DA (xx0232@1)drink and here's a toast:
G (320003@1) CHere's (x32010@1)to drunken Irishmen,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)here's to Johnny's ghost.
NC
Well, it was early that mornin'
When Kathy's brother stepped in the street.
Johnny just stood there waiting,
Starin' at his feet.
Then in his mind he said a prayer,
Cried Kathleen as he fell,
And the message on his tombstone reads,
"He took that bullet well."
GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DI'd (xx0232@1)sooner hear the sound,
And here's to Kathy's brother,
EmWho (022000@1)put ya in the ground.
C (x32010@1) GTooraloora (320003@1)Tooralai,
DA (xx0232@1)drink and here's a toast:
G (320003@1) CHere's (x32010@1)to drunken Irishmen,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)here's to Johnny's ghost.
2x:
G (320003@1) CHere's (x32010@1)to drunken Irishmen,
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmAnd (022000@1)here's to Johnny's ghost.
