Father John chords by The Dead South

Chords with lyrics

♫ Intro:

F minorFm G+G F minorFm
Fm G+G F minorFm


♫ Verse 1:
               G+G        F minorFm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                G+G        F minorFm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
FF     G+G        F7F7      F minorFm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
      G+G                   F minorFm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
    G+G                     F minorFm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay

♫ Verse 2:
               G+G          F minorFm
Rumours on the street well, I hear they're coming true
               G+G       F minorFm
That filthy man he caught 'em put 'em on a noose
FF           G+G        F7F7       F minorFm
 'Cause every word he said the people ate out of his hand
   G+G                 F minorFm
With just one crying word you could be dead
   G+G                 F minorFm
With just one crying word you could be dead


♫ Instrumental:
F minorFm G+G F minorFm
Fm G+G F minorFm
FF G+G F minorFm C majorC FF G+G
C majorC FF G+G F minorFm Fm
F minorFm G+G F minorFm
Fm G+G F minorFm


♫ Verse 3:
   F minorFm
They caught 'em up near Beckett Brook
     G+G        F minorFm
When the crew came riding through
F minorFm
They rounded up they young boys
G+G           F minorFm
Chased 'em through the slough
FF      G+G         F7F7      F minorFm
 I heard one drowned while the others hung around
G+G            F minorFm
 Father John caught his prey

♫ Verse 4:
              G+G       F minorFm
With heavy eyes their mommas they came to weep
                G+G        F minorFm
Looking down at their young boys Father John did reap
   FF      G+G        F7F7         F minorFm
Them away from the land and all the families that they had
    G+G                   F minorFm
And on other side of the mountains where they lay
    G+G                     F minorFm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay


♫ Instrumental:
F minorFm


♫ Outro:
               G+G        F minorFm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                G+G        F minorFm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
FF     G+G        F7F7      F minorFm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
      G+G                   F minorFm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
    G+G                     F minorFm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
    G+G                   F minorFm
On the other side of the mountains where they lay