Johnny Home
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Am Em Gather 'round for a story to be hadAm Em Of a six foot six strapping ladAm He'd enlist to the navy of his ownEm port steadAm Em To make a name and then return home [Verse 2]Am Em A towering man, quiet and shyAm He hugged his kids and kissed hisEm wife goodbyeAm And he said young Billy don't youEm cryAm Em For soon I'll be coming homeAm And she wished Johnny would stayEm home [Verse 3]Am Em Johnny came aboard with a gleam in his eyeAm On the dock below, there stood hisEm wifeAm Smiling and waving as she saidEm goodbyeAm And to me she yelled bring JohnnyEm home [Verse 4]Am Em Never had we seen such a vaulting manAm With a thirst for knowledge and aEm course well plannedAm He spoke of his family again andEm againAm Em And a life he soon would sowAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 5]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm To his wife and kids, assuring it'Em okayAm And we'd eat and we'd drink andEm we'd end the dayAm Em With a sad 'ol sailors song [Verse 6]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm We'd reminisce and we'd laugh andEm we'd watch the kids playAm And we'd talk about how we're goingEm to spend our daysContinúa después del anuncioAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 7]Am Em The captain was an undaunted manAm He swore he knew his enemy allEm first handAm And we knew someday he make hisEm standAm Em If again their paths did cross [Verse 8]Am It was dark as hell on a ghostlyEm nightAm Em The canon fire was the only lightAm Em And what we saw next was a sickening sightAm Em And the captain's life was goneAm And to the battle, we all sawEm Johnny run [Verse 9]Am Johnny jumped in without a fearEm for his lifeAm As the enemy boarded us starboardEm sideAm We were fifteen down and droppingEm like fliesAm Em When I saw Johnny's eyes turn red [Verse 10]Am And he let forth a scream and aEm ravenous mightAm With a pistol in his left and aEm cutlass in his rightAm Like a wild hurricane he commencedEm to fightAm Em This battle's not finished yet!Am Em And to Johnny we owe our debt [Verse 11]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm To his wife and kids, assuring it'sEm okayAm And we'd eat and we'd drink andEm we'd end the dayAm Em With a sad 'ol sailors song [Verse 12]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm We'd reminisce and we'd laugh andEm we'd watch the kids playAm And we'd talk about how we're goingEm to spend our daysAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 13]Am Then the crew joined in until theirEm ship we breechedAm Em We all had the vigor of ten men eachAm Em And some did die and some did fleeAm Em But in the end our crew stood tall [Verse 14]Am And we all looked to Johnny nowEm covered in bloodAm He collapsed to his knees, cursingEm heaven aboveAm For me punishment here what have IEm doneAm Em And he muttered I failed them allAm Em And we all saw Johnny fall [Verse 15]Am Em And we all saw Johnny home that dayAm To his wife and kids, assuring it'sEm okayAm And we told them of the battle onEm the fifth of MayAm Em And not a braver man had fought [Verse 16]Am And we all broke down when sheEm started to cryAm And she fell down beside him andEm she said goodbyeAm And the children fell in with herEm by her sideAm Em And for their loss, time stood still [Verse 17]Am Then anger ensued for the months ofEm prayersAm That went unanswered and she drewEm back her long dark hairAm And we all watched as she died aEm little bit right thereAm And she stood and addressed me asEm sirAm Em Thank God you brought Johnny home