...MAD JOHN'S ESCAPE... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*


Intro:

C  F (x2)

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)            B (x2444x@1)       C (x32010@1)     B (x2444x@1)Mad John came down from Birming-ham,
C (x32010@1)   B (x2444x@1)   B7 (x21202@1)Very hasti-ly.
D (xx0232@1)       F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)And from Borstal, he had ran;
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)He made it down to Torquay.
C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)Good boy Mad John.

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)             B (x2444x@1)        C (x32010@1)      B (x2444x@1)Mad John holed up in an a-llotment shed,
C (x32010@1)   B (x2444x@1)      B7 (x21202@1)By a railroad siding.
D (xx0232@1)          F (133211@1)         Em (022000@1)In came the man for the watering can;
C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)He didn't see John hiding.
C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)Good boy Mad John.

Chorus 1:

     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)      GMad, (320003@1)mad, mad John, mad, mad John,
     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)      GMad, (320003@1)mad, mad John, mad, mad John.

Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)           B (x2444x@1)       C (x32010@1)          B (x2444x@1)Mad John met Jill in a transport ca-fe,
C (x32010@1)     B (x2444x@1)      B7 (x21202@1)By the juke box loud.
D (xx0232@1)       F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)And over double eggs, chips and beans,
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)They made a solemn vow,
C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)And Jill paid the bill.

Chorus 2:

     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)      GMad, (320003@1)mad, mad John, mad, mad John,
     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)      GMad, (320003@1)mad, mad John, mad, mad John.
     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)FMad, (133211@1)mad, mad John, mad, mad John.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     B (x2444x@1)     B7 (x21202@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  133211  x24442  x24242  xx0232  022000  320003


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)