Hang On John chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
      D MajorD    C majorC
John Taylor left his native home
D MajorD              G+G
After the whale-fish he did go
         D MajorD           C majorC
From the Atlantic coast and around Cape Horn
    D MajorD                G+G
To the South Seas where the whale-fish blow

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
Oh it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more

Verse:
          D MajorD      C majorC
Well, his boat was sunk and his luck bein' gone
    D MajorD            G+G
Round a rocky island he made his home
           D MajorD            C majorC
And he prayed and he hoped and he dreamed in vain
   D MajorD            G+G
For a ship to carry him home again

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
But it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more

Verse:
         D MajorD    C majorC
An old man come a-walkin' along the beach
  D MajorD             G+G
Harpoon in hand and a shining face
        D MajorD          C majorC
"I come from my home on the rolling sea
D MajorD               G+G
Carry you back to your native place"

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
So it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more

Verse:
             D MajorD       C majorC
Well, they sang and they rowed and they sang and sailed
D MajorD               G+G
Till they spied them a newborn whale
          D MajorD         C majorC
And the old man harpooned him in the back
D MajorD              G+G
Out to sea they hauled their slack

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more

Instrumental:
G+G

Verse:
            D MajorD       C majorC
Well, they had not been sailin' but a month or more
   D MajorD              G+G
"Land ho!" was the old man's happy words
         D MajorD       C majorC
And John saw the cliffs risin' from the sea
D MajorD             G+G
Heard the cry o' Nantucket birds

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
Oh it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more

Verse:
         D MajorD         C majorC
Well, they never stopped when they reached dry ground
     D MajorD                 G+G
But they hauled their slack into John's hometown
       D MajorD     C majorC
And John got off at his own front door
D MajorD                   G+G
Never saw the old man or the whale anymore

Chorus:
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
Oh it's, hang on, John
           A minorAm   G+G
Soon you'll see your native shore
     D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm
And it's, hang on, John
            A minorAm     G+G
You'll see Nantucket's shores once more