Father John chords by The Dead South

♫ Intro:

Fm  G Fm
Fm  G Fm


♫ Verse 1:
                             G                Fm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                                G               Fm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
F          G                F7           Fm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
           G                                      Fm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
       G                                         Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay

♫ Verse 2:
                              G                   Fm
Rumours on the street well, I hear they're coming true
                             G             Fm
That filthy man he caught 'em put 'em on a noose
F                     G               F7             Fm
 'Cause every word he said the people ate out of his hand
     G                                 Fm
With just one crying word you could be dead
     G                                 Fm
With just one crying word you could be dead


♫ Instrumental:
Fm  G Fm
Fm  G Fm
F G Fm C F G
C F G Fm Fm
Fm G Fm
Fm G Fm


♫ Verse 3:
     Fm
They caught 'em up near Beckett Brook
         G                Fm
When the crew came riding through
Fm
They rounded up they young boys
G                      Fm
Chased 'em through the slough
F            G                 F7           Fm
 I heard one drowned while the others hung around
G                       Fm
 Father John caught his prey


♫ Verse 4:
                            G             Fm
With heavy eyes their mommas they came to weep
                                G                Fm
Looking down at their young boys Father John did reap
      F            G                F7                 Fm
Them away from the land and all the families that they had
       G                                      Fm
And on other side of the mountains where they lay
       G                                         Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay


♫ Instrumental:
Fm


♫ Outro:
                             G                Fm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                                G               Fm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
F          G                F7           Fm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
           G                                      Fm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
       G                                         Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
       G                                      Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they lay