C  F  G    C  F  G    C  F  C  G

[Verse 1]
              C                   F        G
When midnight comes, good people, homeward tread
              C                 F       G
Seek now your blankets and your feather bed
                                 F C
Home is the rover, his journey's over
                               F       G
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams
             C                 F       C
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams


[Verse 2]
                              F     G
Across the hills, the sun has gone astray
           C              F       G
Tomorrow's cares are many dreams away
                                  F   C
The stars are flying, the wind is sighing
                             F       G
Yield up the darkness to old John of Dreams
             C               F       C
Yield up the darkness to old John of Dreams


[Verse 3]
                           F         G
Both man and master in the night are one
               C              F      G
All things are equal when the day is done
                                                F   C
The prince and the ploughman, the slave and the freeman
                              F       G
All find their comfort in old John of Dreams
               C              F       C
All find their comfort in old John of Dreams


[Instrumental]
C    F  G    C  F  G
G       F C
C    F  G    C  F  C


[Verse 4]
                                 F       G
Now as you sleep the dreams come winging clear
             C              F        G
The hawks of morning cannot harm you here
                              F C
Sleep is a river, flows on forever
                                F       G
And for your boatman choose old John of Dreams
             C                  F       C       F  G   C
And for your boatman choose old John of Dreams


[Verse 5]
                                  F        G
When midnight comes, good people, homeward tread
              C                 F       G
Seek now your blankets and your feather bed
                                 F C
Home is the rover, his journey's over
                               F       G
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams
             C                 F       G
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams
                                 F C
Home is the rover, his journey's over
                               F       G
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams
             C                 F       C
Yield up the night time to old John of Dreams