D G
Oh, the times were hard and the wages low,
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
I guess it's time for us to go,
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Verse]
D G
Beware these packet ships, I say!
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
They'll steal your stores and your clothes away
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Chorus]
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
A D
and it's time for us to leave her
[Verse]
D G
There's Liverpool Pat in his tarpaulin hat
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
And Yankee John the pocket rat
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Verse]
D G
She would not wear and she would not stay
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
She's shipped great seas both night and day
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Chorus]
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
A D
and it's time for us to leave her
[Verse]
D G
It's rotten beef and weevil-y bread,
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
It was pump or drown the old man said,
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Verse]
D G
The sail's all furled, our work is done,
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
G D
And now ashore we'll take our rum
A D
And it's time for us to leave her!
[Chorus]
A D
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
G D
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
A D
and it's time for us to leave her
