Leave Her Johnny chords by The Longest Johns

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse:
D MajorD                G+G
Oh, the times were hard and the wages low,
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
 G+G          D MajorD
I guess it's time for us to go,
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!


Verse:
D MajorD          G+G
Beware these packet ships, I say!
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
    G+G             D MajorD
They'll steal your stores and your clothes away
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!

Chorus:
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
  G+G         D MajorD
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
    G+G            D MajorD
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
and it's time for us to leave her

Verse:
D MajorD              G+G
There's Liverpool Pat in his tarpaulin hat
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
  G+G        D MajorD
And Yankee John the pocket rat
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!

Verse:
D MajorD                G+G
She would not wear and she would not stay
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
   G+G            D MajorD
She's shipped great seas both night and day
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!

Chorus:
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
  G+G         D MajorD
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
    G+G            D MajorD
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
and it's time for us to leave her

Verse:
D MajorD          G+G
It's rotten beef and weevil-y bread,
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
    G+G         D MajorD
It was pump or drown the old man said,
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!

Verse:
D MajorD             G+G
The sail's all furled, our work is done,
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
  G+G        D MajorD
And now ashore we'll take our rum
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And it's time for us to leave her!

Chorus:
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
  G+G         D MajorD
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
    G+G            D MajorD
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
     A augmentedA       D MajorD
and it's time for us to leave her