Johnny Come Lately

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I'm an American, boys, and I've 
          C
come a long way
      G                    D
I was born and bred in the USA
   Em                       
So listen up close, I've got 
 C            G
something to say
                      D
Boys, I'm buying this round
        G                       
Well it took a little while, but 
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we're in this fight
       G                           
And we ain't going home 'til we've 
D
done what's right
      Em                      C   
We're gonna drink Camden Town dry 
   G
tonight
                   D       G
If I have to spend my last pound

When I first got to London it was 
pourin' down rain
Met a little girl in the field 
canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my 
plane
Continúa después del anuncio
Six more missions I'm gone

Well I asked if I could stay and she
 said that I might
Then the warden came around yelling 
"turn out the lights"
Death rainin' down in the London 
night
We made love 'til dawn
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(chorus) But when Johnny Come 
        G
Lately comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a 
D
G.I. loan
           Em                      
They'll be waitin' at the station 
  C     G
in San Antone
                  D        G
When Johnny comes marching home

My P-47 is a pretty good ship
And she took a round comin' 'cross 
the channel last trip
I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and 
letting her rip
Always got me through so far

Well they can ship me all over this 
great big world
But I'll never find nothing like my 
North End girl
I'm taking her home with me one day,
 sir,
Soon as we win this war

(repeat chorus)

Now my granddaddy sang me this song
Told me about London when the blitz 
was on
How he married Grandma and brought 
her back home,
A hero throughout his land

Now I'm standin' on a runway in San 
Diego
A couple purple hearts and I move a 
little slow
There's nobody here, maybe nobody 
knows
About a place called Vietnam

(repeat chorus 2x)