Getaway John chords by The Kingston Trio

Chords with lyrics

The Kingston Trio - Getaway John


Intro:
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

Chorus:
   B minorBm    A minorAm
Get away, get away
   B minorBm    C majorC
Get away, get away
   D MajorD
Poor John

Verse:
   G+G      D MajorD
John Hardy was a fightin' man
G+G           D MajorD
Carried a razor every day
  G+G        D MajorD
He killed a man in Mobile town
  C majorC              D MajorD
You ought to see my Johnny get away
  C majorC              B minorBm
You ought to see my Johnny get away

Chorus:
   A minorAm
Get away
   B minorBm    C majorC
Get away, get away
   D MajorD
Poor John

Verse:
   G+G         D MajorD
John Hardy was standin' at the bar
G+G           D MajorD
So drunk he could not see
 G+G           D MajorD
Along came a man with a warrant in his hand
    C majorC                  D MajorD
Cried, "Johnny boy, why don't you come with me
C majorC                  D MajorD
Johnny boy, why don't you come with me"

Verse:
   G+G      D MajorD
John Hardy had a pretty little gal
G+G          D MajorD
Kept her dressed in blue
  G+G       D MajorD
He saw her in the hangin' crowd
     C majorC              D MajorD
Cryin', "Johnny boy, I'll be true to you
C majorC              B minorBm
Johnny boy, I'll be true to you"

Chorus:
    A minorAm
True to you
    B minorBm      C majorC
True to you, true to you
   D MajorD
Poor John

Verse:
   G+G             D MajorD
I've been to the East and I've been to the West
G+G           D MajorD
Been this whole world 'round
   G+G             D MajorD
I've been to the North and I've lived in the South
C majorC            D MajorD
This will be my buryin' ground
C majorC            D MajorD
This will be my buryin' ground

Bridge:
                C majorC
Well, I've been this wide world over
D MajorD           C majorC
Been this whole world 'round
D MajorD             C majorC
Been to the river and I've been baptized
D MajorD    C majorC       D MajorD
Take me to my buryin' ground

Outro:
D MajorD
Get away, get away, get away