G (strum the chord once slowly)

            G5                 D5                  C5         G5
He said his pride and joy was that ol' John Bull Tin....

    G5                           D5
1.  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
2.  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."


Repeat Chorus

Solo:  strum through one verse

    G5                D5
3.  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?


Repeat Chorus

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