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) CD   Em (022000@1) EmC   Em (022000@1) CD

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) CD 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.