Johnnys Far Away chords by Richard Thompson

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

DmDm
Johnny's joined a ceilidh band
DmDm
They're known quite well throughout the land, The Drones
DmDm
The Drones are signed up on a cruise
DmDm
While Tracey's laying in the booze back home
 Bb majorBb
She's got herself another man, a smoothie
 Bb majorBb
While the kids are in the front room watching movies
   FF
She's got him in a head lock, in an arm lock, in a jam
   A minorAm
She says, I can't express myself with my old man

Chorus:

    DmDm      G+G      Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
    DmDm   G+G     Bb majorBb  C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
    DmDm      G+G       Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
    DmDm   G+G     Bb majorBb C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
    G+G         DmDm
On the rolling sea, On the rolling sea
     C majorC         Bb majorBb
On the rolling sea, On the rolling sea

Verse 2:

DmDm
Johnny's cruising out to sea
DmDm
And he believes in chastity - for some
DmDm
The wealthy widows bill and coo
DmDm
He fends off one or two, and then succumbs
    Bb majorBb
As they're turning hard-a-port in the Bahamas
    Bb majorBb
He's turning her right out of her pyjamas
   FF
He's turned her every which way to the rhythm of the sea
   A minorAm
He says, I can't express myself with my old lady

Chorus:

    DmDm      G+G      Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
  DmDm    G+G     Bb majorBb C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
   DmDm      G+G      Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
  DmDm     G+G     Bb majorBb C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
    G+G          DmDm
On the rolling sea, on the rolling sea
    C majorC          Bb majorBb
On the rolling sea, on the rolling sea

Verse 3:

DmDm
Johnny's home, he opens up his door
DmDm
While someone's sneaking out the back
DmDm
And Tracey says, you look so poorly
DmDm
Sores and all, you need to see the quack
  Bb majorBb
She wipes the snot from off the kiddies' noses
  Bb majorBb
He charms her with eleven battered roses
   FF
And by and by they get down to the job of man and wife
  A minorAm
Back to the old comforts of the missionary life

Chorus:

    DmDm      G+G      Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
   DmDm    G+G      Bb majorBb C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
    DmDm      G+G      Bb majorBb
While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
 DmDm           Bb majorBb C majorC  DmDm
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
    G+G          DmDm
On the rolling sea, on the rolling sea
    C majorC          Bb majorBb