John the Gun by Sandy Denny From 'The North Star Grassman and the Ravens" (1971) Capo III (Cm) (Please note this is not the original arrangement; I rearranged it to suit the limited skills of a camp fire player like myself) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)My shadow follows me wherever I should chance to go C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)John the Gun did say Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) AmIf (x02210@1)you should chance to meet me, as I wander to and fro C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Sad will be your day My life is mine and the light did shine, till the guns shot right through me So now I shall never fall Ideals of peace are gold which fools have found upon the plains of war I shall destroy them all (Chorus) Dm (xx0231@1) CPut (x32010@1)away your guns of steel Dm (xx0231@1) CDeath (x32010@1)comes too soon for all F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) EmYour (022000@1)master he will need you soon G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)you will heed his call I am the master of the game That you will hardly ever play So I will teach your sons And if they should die Before the evening of their span of days Why, then they will die young (Chorus) Condemn me not For always have I played the game of war In moonshine or in sun And if any cross the path I choose to tread Their chances they are poor For I am John the Gun (Chorus)