John chords by Jesse Welles

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

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Verse:
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John and I worked at the Chinese restaurant
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Washin' dishes and drivin' the truck
      Dm
We’d listen to Sabbath so loud folks complained
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In the back we never gave a fuck

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We’d drive down to the river with catpoles and livers
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Tallboy High Lifes and cigs
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John’d roll a doobie and we’d talk about movies
     G
And dream of makin' it big

Chorus:
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On them summer nights
          Dm
Under the big star light
 F       G
Dreamin'
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Over my head


Verse:
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John had a Nissan we’d strap a canoe on
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And drive it on down to the stream
      Dm                                              G
We’d paddle around and then pull into town just to see

What we could see

      F
We’d hang out and talk a lot out in the parking lots
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John met her under the lights
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They went steady through winter November, December
     G
And made it through spring alright


Chorus:
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Into the summer nights
          Dm
Under the big star light
 F       G
Dreamin'
          C
Over our heads


Verse:
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John and his lady broke up for some shady shit
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She left him one night after shoutin'
Dm
You never loved me but we figured he must
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When he drove his old truck off the mountain

    F
Now I can’t go fishin' without kinda wishin'
      C                 Am
That John was there to talk
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He left us in wonder and stole all our thunder
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I’ll never get over the shock


Outro:
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Of them summer nights
          Dm
Under the big star light
 F       G
Dreamin'
         C
Over my head

         F
Of them summer nights
          Dm
Under the big star light
 F       G
Dreamin'
                  C
If it were me instead