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Johnny Come Lately

The Pogues

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G                                           C I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way       G                    D I was born and bred in the USA    Em                        C            G So listen up close, I've got something to say                       D Boys, I'm buying this round         G                                      C Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight        G                                       D And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right       Em                      C      G We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight                    D       G If I have to spend my last pound   [Verse 2]  G                                              C When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain G                              D Met a little girl in the field canteen Em                      C          G Painted her name on the nose of my plane                       D Six more missions I'm gone        G                                         C Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might          G                                        D Then the warden came around yelling "turn out the lights" Em                        C      G Death rainin' down in the London night         D         G  We made love 'til dawn   [Chorus]           C                        G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home                                   D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan            Em                        C     G They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone                   D        G When Johnny comes marching home   [Verse 3]  G                        C My P-47 is a pretty good ship G                                                   D And she took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip Em                               C           G I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip                          D Always got me through so far              G                                C Well they can ship me all over this great big world          G                                    D But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl Em                          C        G I'm taking her home with me one day, sir,            D        G Soon as we win this war   [Chorus]           C                        G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home                                   D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan            Em                        C     G They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone                   D        G When Johnny comes marching home   [Verse 4]  G                              C Now my granddaddy sang me this song G                                       D Told me about London when the blitz was on Em                         C                G How he married Grandma and brought her back home,                       D A hero throughout his land         G                              C Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego   G                                        D A couple purple hearts and I move a little slow Em                         C      G There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows                      D      G About a place called Viet - nam   [Chorus] (x2)           C                        G But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home                                   D With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan            Em                        C     G They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone                   D        G When Johnny comes marching home

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