B5                  E5
My name is wailin' Johnny
C5    G5     D5       G5
Way, hey, Johny Boreen
      C5
At cordova and carrall
     F5
Was formed in the marrow
    E5                B5
Of whiskey and amphetamines
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They call me wailin' Johnny
C5    G5     D5        G5
Way, hey, Johnny Boreen
  C5
A mile from the shore
          E5
By these heroes of yours
         C5
I'll be there
             B5
Hands in the air

Victory square in all its glory
Way, hey, Johnny Boreen
The pubs and the junkers
The skids and the punkers
Have always been good to me

But the citizens deplore me
Way, hey, Johnny Boreen
So cruel and fickle
without a nickel to spare
Hands in the air
Victory square

My brothers and my sisters
Way, hay, Johnny Boreen
This world will defame them
And money will claim them
And cast them straight out to sea

Say a prayer for wailin' Johnny
Way, hey, Johnny Boreen
At cambie and hastings
I shall be wasting a prayer
Hands in the air
Victory square