The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Chords by Asleep At The Wheel

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_ _ _ _ _ Johnny Walker sat at a table in a bar, [E] minding his own affairs.
_ _ [D] Drinking his [Dbm] namesake over the rocks, [E] he was drunk and drunk to care.
_ [A] When a girl in the bar walked up beside [E] him, and this is what she said,
She [D] said, a woman came by [E] with a letter for you, and this is what the letter [A] said, _ _ _ _ _
Dear John, _ please Johnny, please come home, [E] _ _ I need your love and the kids, they gotta [A] be fed. _ _
_ _ And John, if you don't hurry back, [E] I'll be gone.
Yes, that's what the letter said, _ the letter that Johnny [A] Walker read. _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ Then [Bb] John, he got up _ [F] from the table, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ slowly [Dm] he walked [F] outside.
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[F] _ _ _ [Bb] He was thinking of his wife and [F] little children _ at home, and how [Eb] his drinking _ [F] had ruined _ [Bb] their lives. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then John, he stared off into [F] that street light, _ _ _ _ [Eb] and a vision filled [Dm] his poor, poor heart [Cm] with dread.
For [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] it was him, _
[Dm] lying drunk there in [F] that gutter, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] clutching in his hand the letter that Johnny [F] Walker read.
[Bb] _ And this is what it said,
_ _ Dear John, _ _ please Johnny, [F] please come home, _ I need your love and the kids, they gotta [Bb] be fed.
_ _ _ _ And John, if you don't hurry [F] back, I'll be gone.
_ Yes, that's what the letter said, _ _ the letter that [Bb] Johnny Walker read.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ Dear John, _ please Johnny, please come home, _