The Ballad Of Sleepy John chords by Greene Jackie

Chords with lyrics

by Jackie Greene

This is my first time doing this, didn't see chords up for this song so I thought
I'd give it a shot. This uses an A augmentedA harmonica.

intro: |F# minorF#m |A augmentedA |D MajorD |A augmentedA | x 5


F# minorF#m    A augmentedA    D MajorD      A augmentedA
Any day now the sky could fall
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA
And I'm not one to complain
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA        D MajorD      A augmentedA
But this don't feel like no paradise at all
F# minorF#m        A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA
Down on the corner in the rain

F# minorF#m      A augmentedA      D MajorD     A augmentedA
Old Kentucky, he's a friend of mine
F# minorF#m         A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA
He got them Fayette County blues
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA
Ain't no woman ever keep the man in line
F# minorF#m            A augmentedA      D MajorD  A augmentedA
And there ain't no woman he can refuse

E MajorE
Well I stumbled in with my guitar
   F# minorF#m
And bought a drink behind the bar
E MajorE              F# minorF#m
Sat in with the band until oh two
    D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |A augmentedA |E MajorE |E MajorE |E MajorE |E MajorE |
Then I saaaaaaaaaaaaid:


F# minorF#m        A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA
too much whiskey make me tumble home
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA
too much Jesus make me pray
F# minorF#m        A augmentedA       D MajorD    A augmentedA
too much love and Lord I feel so all alone
F# minorF#m             A augmentedA     D MajorD  A augmentedA
but that's all right mama, that's OK

F# minorF#m         A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA
Cause Sweet Serrita, she's behind the bar
F# minorF#m         A augmentedA     D MajorD   A augmentedA
She's got the towel in her hand
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA      D MajorD     A augmentedA
Lord release her, she's only twenty-four
     F# minorF#m     A augmentedA       D MajorD A augmentedA
And she's doing the best that she can

   E MajorE
Well I don't know, but I been told
   F# minorF#m
That freedom is an open road
   E MajorE                 F# minorF#m
But I guess it all depends on how you drive
       D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |A augmentedA |E MajorE |E MajorE |E MajorE |E MajorE |
While you're aliiiiiive


|F# minorF#m |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |A augmentedA  | x 4


F# minorF#m        A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA
Now people tell me I'm the Lucky One
F# minorF#m          A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA
But that don't matter much to me
F# minorF#m        A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA
Cause I ain't nothing but my father's son
F# minorF#m           A augmentedA    D MajorD  A augmentedA
And that's all I'm ever gonna be