lost john
lost john

lost john chords by Lonnie Donegan

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • D

  • Dbdim

    4

  • C

  • C#dim

    4

  • Gdim

    5

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • Dbdim

    4

  • C

  • C#dim

    4

  • Gdim

    5

  • A

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Ha! 

    This 
    here's 
    a story 
    about, 
    Lost 
    John 

    Lost 
    John 
    done 
    flew 
    the coop! 

    Verse 2
    Hee! 


    How 
    many 
    long 
    gone? 

    Verse 3

    Lost 

    John 
    standin' 

    by 
    the 
    railroad 
    track 

    Waitin' 
    for 
    the 
    freight 

    train 
    to 
    come 
    back 

    Freight 
    train 
    came 
    back 
    and 

    never 
    made 
    no 
    stop 

    Lost 
    John 
    thought 
    he'd 

    have 
    to 
    ride 
    on 
    top 

    Verse 4
    Well, 
    he's 
    long, 
    long, 

    long 
    gone 
    (woo-yeah) 

    And he's 
    long, 
    long, 
    long 
    gone 

    Verse 5
    Yeah, 
    lost 
    John 
    came 
    into 
    the 

    country 
    woman's 
    house 

    Sat 
    down there 
    as 
    quiet, 

    just 
    as 
    quiet 
    as 
    a mouse 

    She 
    said, 
    'Now Mister 
    Lost 
    John, 

    be 
    my 
    friend 

    Be 
    my 
    friend 
    up 
    until 
    the 

    end.' 

    Verse 6
    Well ('cause) he's 
    long, 

    long, 
    long 
    gone 

    (Well, l'm 
    talkin' 
    'bout it) 

    Now he's 
    long, 
    long, 

    long 
    gone 

    (Yeah, came 
    into 
    the 
    country 

    woman's 
    house) 

    Verse 7
    Lost 
    John 
    came 
    into 
    a country 

    woman's 
    house 

    Sat 
    there 
    as 
    quiet, 
    quiet 
    as 
    a 
    mouse 

    Said, 
    'Mister 
    Lost 
    John 
    be 
    my friend 

    Be my 
    friend 
    until 
    the 
    end.' 

    Verse 8
    Well, I'm 
    long, 
    long, 
    long 
    gone 

    Well, 
    I'm 
    (he's) 
    long, 

    long, long 
    gone 

    Verse 9

    Yeah, 
    she said 

    'Lost 
    John 
    a-don't you 

    you have 
    no fear 

    I'm 
    sending 
    for 
    the 
    porter, gonna 

    buy 
    some 
    beer' 

    He said, 
    'Now 
    woman 

    don't 
    you 
    buy no beer 

    The 
    cop's 
    is 
    on 
    my 
    trail 
    and-a soon 

    soon 
    be 
    here' 

    Verse 10
    Well, I'm 
    long, 
    long, 
    long 
    gone 

    (Yeah, 
    yeah, 
    yeah, yeah, yeah) 

    Well, 
    he's 
    long, 
    long, 

    long 
    gone 

    Verse 11
    (Makin' a pair 
    of shoes 

    of 
    his 
    own) 

    Well, they 
    caught 
    Lost 
    John 

    Put 
    'em 
    in 
    the 
    pen 

    Summer 
    break 
    and 
    gone 

    And 
    now 
    he's 
    out 
    again 

    Verse 12
    If 
    anybody 
    asks 
    you 

    Who 
    sung 
    this 
    song 

    Tell 
    'em 
    Lonnie 
    Donegan 

    Been 
    'ere 
    and 
    gone 

    Verse 13
    Well, 
    he's long, 
    long, 

    long 
    gone (ooone) 

    Well, he's long, 
    long, 

    long 
    gone 
    (one more 
    time, 
    ah) 

    Verse 14
    Well, he's 
    long, 
    long, 
    long 
    gone 

    (He's 
    goin', he's 
    goin') 

    Well he's 
    long, 
    long, 

    (long) gone 

    (Bib-idy-ba-ba-ba-ba-baah) 

    Hey, baby! 
    (Thank 
    you) 

    Thank you! 

    Verse 15
    Oh yeah, 
    Mike 

    (yeah) 

    Verse 16
    VM: Thankyou very 
    much. 

    Now 
    we would 
    like 
    to have 

    a surprise 
    for 
    you tonight 

    I'd like 
    to bring 
    on a 
    friend of 
    mine 
    from 
    way back, 

    Dr 
    John 

    Yeah. 

    Verse 17
    We're 
    gonna 
    do this-a, we're 

    we're gonna 
    do this 
    song 

    That 
    was 
    written 
    by a, while 
    back 
    by this-a 

    British-a trumpet 
    player guitarist 

    Ken 
    Colyer 

    (Yeah, that's 
    the man) 

    Verse 18
    Goes 
    like this 

    One, okay 

    One 

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