Johnny Todd chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7 BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB

Verse:

        E MajorE   BB
Johnny Todd he took a notion

         E MajorE   F#7F#7  BB
For to cross the ocean wide

         E MajorE       F#7F#7
But he'd left his little love behind him

BB       E MajorE     BB
Walking by the Liverpool tide

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7 BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB

Verse:

        E MajorE     BB
For a week she wept with sorrow

         E MajorE     F#7F#7  BB
Tore her hair and wrung her hands

       E MajorE        F#7F#7
Till she met another handsome sailor

BB       E MajorE     BB
Walking by the Liverpool sands

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7 BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB

Verse:

         E MajorE   BB
Why fair made are you a-weeping

        E MajorE    F#7F#7  BB
For your Johnny gone to sea?

         E MajorE      F#7F#7
Johnny's gone and I am here beside you

BB          E MajorE    BB
And I will kind and constant be

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7

Verse:

        E MajorE     BB
I will buy you sheets and blankets

        E MajorE    F#7F#7
I'll buy you a wedding ring

BB        E MajorE       F#7F#7
You shall have a little golden cradle

BB        E MajorE  BB
For to rock the baby in

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7 BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB

Verse:

         E MajorE     BB
Johnny Todd come home from sailing

        E MajorE   F#7F#7  BB
Sailing on the ocean wide

         E MajorE        F#7F#7    BB
And he found his little false and fair one

      E MajorE    BB
Was another sailor's bride

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB F#7F#7 BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB

Verse:

            E MajorE  BB
Now all young lads who go a-sailing

         E MajorE    F#7F#7 BB
For to fight the foreign foe

         E MajorE        F#7F#7
Never leave your own true love behind you

BB      E MajorE    BB
Marry her before you go

Outro:
BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB