** G5 (strum the chord once slowly) 

            G5                 D5                  C5         G5 
He said his pride and joy was that ol' John Bull Tin.... 
G5                           D5 
He said it saved him from a bullet once 
    C5            G5 
But I did not believe 
G5                                              D5 
He's just an old man in the park half drunk on rum 
      G5              D5         C5                    G5 
As he rolled another smoke and closed the John Bull Tin 
G5                                 D5  G5 
He said, "I've carried that since 1941." 

***Chorus: 
G5          C5 
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver 
     G5 
Blue letters chipped away 
G5                                D5 
His memories and tabacco fit within 
       G5             G5            C5                G5 
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart 
G5                         D5                  G5 
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin  
G5                         D5 
He said. "It used to be a tire patch kit 
    C5             G5 
But that was long ago 
G5                                D5 
It's memories and tabacco now my friend 
        G5                       D5 
Ya know some folks need a magic lamp 
   C5                G5 
To conjure up their dreams 
G5                 D5                    G5 
But mine are kept inside the John Bull Tin." 

***Chorus*** 

Solo's strumed through one verse 
 

G5                D5 
I found it lyin' in the grass 
     C5                    G5  
In a park near Shepherd's Bush 
G5                        D5 
I never saw that old man again 
  G5                 D5 
I guess he rolled a final smoke 
    C5             G5 
And went to his reward 
G5                      D5                     G5 
Why else would he have dropped the John Bull Tin? 

***Chorus 
G5                     D5                  C5    D5  G5 
His pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin