Merle Travis performs "Lost John" Chords
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119.975 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tell you what I'll do instead of telling you about him
I'd like to sing about this fellow lost John sort of the way that my dad used to sing it down in Kentucky
Here's the way now the ugliest fellow that ever [G] seen was long lost John from Bowling Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one [C] woman said Johnny
[G] What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long gone
He was long gone
[C] He was long [G] gone Bowling Green
[D] He was [Gm] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone [G] Bowling Green
[C] [G]
[Am] [G]
Quite a fellow [C] that lost John
[Gm] [G]
[Am] [G]
Now lost Johnny walked in the woman's house
Crept right in just quite as the mouse the woman said lost John take a chair and I'll send the porter for a bucket of
Beer he said never mind the bucket.
Never mind the beer the hounds on the trail and I can't stay here got to get along
He was long gone
[C] He was long gone [G] from Bowling Green
He [C] was long [Gm] gone
He [G] was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from [G] Bowling Green
[C] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[Em] [Gm]
[G] [D] [Gm] [G]
I lost John standing [C#m] on the railroad track [G] was a waiting for a freight train to come back along come a train
And a fly and missed the cow catcher, but he got the blind and he was long [B] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long long gone from Bowling Green
He was [E] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [Bm] long gone [G] Bowling Green.
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G]
[A] I
Usually play that part on the jug
[G]
Now the ugliest fellow that I ever seen was long lost [D] John from Bowling [G] Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one woman said [C] Johnny
What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long [Gm] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from Bowling Green
[Em] You
[A#] [Dm] [N]
I'd like to sing about this fellow lost John sort of the way that my dad used to sing it down in Kentucky
Here's the way now the ugliest fellow that ever [G] seen was long lost John from Bowling Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one [C] woman said Johnny
[G] What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long gone
He was long gone
[C] He was long [G] gone Bowling Green
[D] He was [Gm] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone [G] Bowling Green
[C] [G]
[Am] [G]
Quite a fellow [C] that lost John
[Gm] [G]
[Am] [G]
Now lost Johnny walked in the woman's house
Crept right in just quite as the mouse the woman said lost John take a chair and I'll send the porter for a bucket of
Beer he said never mind the bucket.
Never mind the beer the hounds on the trail and I can't stay here got to get along
He was long gone
[C] He was long gone [G] from Bowling Green
He [C] was long [Gm] gone
He [G] was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from [G] Bowling Green
[C] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[Em] [Gm]
[G] [D] [Gm] [G]
I lost John standing [C#m] on the railroad track [G] was a waiting for a freight train to come back along come a train
And a fly and missed the cow catcher, but he got the blind and he was long [B] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long long gone from Bowling Green
He was [E] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [Bm] long gone [G] Bowling Green.
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G]
[A] I
Usually play that part on the jug
[G]
Now the ugliest fellow that I ever seen was long lost [D] John from Bowling [G] Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one woman said [C] Johnny
What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long [Gm] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from Bowling Green
[Em] You
[A#] [Dm] [N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ Tell you what I'll do instead of telling you about him
I'd like to sing about this fellow lost John sort of the way that my dad used to sing it down in Kentucky
_ Here's the way _ _ _ now the ugliest fellow that ever [G] seen was long lost John from Bowling Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one [C] woman said Johnny
[G] What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long gone
He was long gone
[C] He was long [G] gone Bowling Green
_ [D] He was [Gm] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone [G] Bowling Green _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Quite a fellow [C] that lost John
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Now lost Johnny walked in the woman's house
Crept right in just quite as the mouse the woman said lost John take a chair and I'll send the porter for a bucket of
Beer he said never mind the bucket.
Never mind the beer the hounds on the trail and I can't stay here got to get along
He was long gone
[C] He was long gone [G] from Bowling Green
_ He [C] was long [Gm] gone
He [G] was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from [G] Bowling Green
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I lost John standing [C#m] on the railroad track [G] was a waiting for a freight train to come back along come a train
And a fly and missed the cow catcher, but he got the blind and he was long [B] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long long gone from Bowling Green
_ He was [E] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [Bm] long gone [G] Bowling Green.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ I
Usually play that part on the jug
[G] _ _
_ Now the ugliest fellow that I ever seen was long lost [D] John from Bowling [G] Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one woman said [C] Johnny
What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long [Gm] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from Bowling Green
_ [Em] _ You
_ [A#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I'd like to sing about this fellow lost John sort of the way that my dad used to sing it down in Kentucky
_ Here's the way _ _ _ now the ugliest fellow that ever [G] seen was long lost John from Bowling Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one [C] woman said Johnny
[G] What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long gone
He was long gone
[C] He was long [G] gone Bowling Green
_ [D] He was [Gm] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone [G] Bowling Green _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Quite a fellow [C] that lost John
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Now lost Johnny walked in the woman's house
Crept right in just quite as the mouse the woman said lost John take a chair and I'll send the porter for a bucket of
Beer he said never mind the bucket.
Never mind the beer the hounds on the trail and I can't stay here got to get along
He was long gone
[C] He was long gone [G] from Bowling Green
_ He [C] was long [Gm] gone
He [G] was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from [G] Bowling Green
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I lost John standing [C#m] on the railroad track [G] was a waiting for a freight train to come back along come a train
And a fly and missed the cow catcher, but he got the blind and he was long [B] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long long gone from Bowling Green
_ He was [E] long gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [Bm] long gone [G] Bowling Green.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ I
Usually play that part on the jug
[G] _ _
_ Now the ugliest fellow that I ever seen was long lost [D] John from Bowling [G] Green
No hat on his head.
No shoes on his feet begging the women for his bread and meat one woman said [C] Johnny
What can you eat?
He said 49 biscuits and a ham of meat and he was long [Gm] gone
[G] He was long gone
He was long [D] long gone from Bowling Green
_ [Em] _ You
_ [A#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _