C D C D
[Chorus]
Bm Am
Get away, get away
Bm C
Get away, get away
D
Poor John
[Verse]
G D
John Hardy was a fightin' man
G D
Carried a razor every day
G D
He killed a man in Mobile town
C D
You ought to see my Johnny get away
C Bm
You ought to see my Johnny get away
[Chorus]
Am
Get away
Bm C
Get away, get away
D
Poor John
[Verse]
G D
John Hardy was standin' at the bar
G D
So drunk he could not see
G D
Along came a man with a warrant in his hand
C D
Cried, "Johnny boy, why don't you come with me
C D
Johnny boy, why don't you come with me"
[Verse]
G D
John Hardy had a pretty little gal
G D
Kept her dressed in blue
G D
He saw her in the hangin' crowd
C D
Cryin', "Johnny boy, I'll be true to you
C Bm
Johnny boy, I'll be true to you"
[Chorus]
Am
True to you
Bm C
True to you, true to you
D
Poor John
[Verse]
G D
I've been to the East and I've been to the West
G D
Been this whole world 'round
G D
I've been to the North and I've lived in the South
C D
This will be my buryin' ground
C D
This will be my buryin' ground
[Bridge]
C
Well, I've been this wide world over
D C
Been this whole world 'round
D C
Been to the river and I've been baptized
D C D
Take me to my buryin' ground
[Outro]
D
Get away, get away, get away
