Chords for Dear John (Pat Boone)
Tempo:
102 bpm
Chords used:
D
Eb
A
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[G] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
Dear John, oh [A] how I hate to rise.
Dear John, I must let you know [D] tonight,
That my love for you has gone.
[Gbm] [G] There's [A] war [Em] tonight, I [A] would not.
[D] Dear [G] John, [D]
I was overseas in battle,
[A]
When the postman came to me,
And he handed me a letter.
Oh, I was happy as I [D] could be.
[A] [D]
You see, the fighting was all over,
[Db] [D] [G]
And the battles, they'd all been won.
[Em] [A]
Then I opened up the letter, [D] and it started,
Dear John, [Eb] dear John, oh [Bb] how I hate to rise.
Dear John, I must let you know [Eb] tonight,
[D] [Eb] That my love for you has [Bb] gone.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Dm] There's war [Fm] tonight, I [Bb] [Eb]
would not.
Dear [Ab] John, [Eb] dear John, oh how I hate to rise.
[Bb]
Dear John, dear John, oh how I hate to [Eb] rise.
[Bbm] [Ab]
Dear John, [Fm] [Bb]
[Fm] dear John, oh how I [Bb] hate to rise.
Forever, [Eb] dear John.
[Ab] [Eb] [E]
[N]
[D]
[G] [D]
Dear John, oh [A] how I hate to rise.
Dear John, I must let you know [D] tonight,
That my love for you has gone.
[Gbm] [G] There's [A] war [Em] tonight, I [A] would not.
[D] Dear [G] John, [D]
I was overseas in battle,
[A]
When the postman came to me,
And he handed me a letter.
Oh, I was happy as I [D] could be.
[A] [D]
You see, the fighting was all over,
[Db] [D] [G]
And the battles, they'd all been won.
[Em] [A]
Then I opened up the letter, [D] and it started,
Dear John, [Eb] dear John, oh [Bb] how I hate to rise.
Dear John, I must let you know [Eb] tonight,
[D] [Eb] That my love for you has [Bb] gone.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Dm] There's war [Fm] tonight, I [Bb] [Eb]
would not.
Dear [Ab] John, [Eb] dear John, oh how I hate to rise.
[Bb]
Dear John, dear John, oh how I hate to [Eb] rise.
[Bbm] [Ab]
Dear John, [Fm] [Bb]
[Fm] dear John, oh how I [Bb] hate to rise.
Forever, [Eb] dear John.
[Ab] [Eb] [E]
[N]
Key:
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Eb
A
Bb
G
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Eb
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Dear John, _ _ _ oh [A] how I hate to rise.
_ _ Dear _ John, _ I must let you know [D] tonight,
_ That my love for you has gone.
[Gbm] _ [G] There's _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] war [Em] tonight, I [A] would not.
_ [D] Dear [G] John, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I was overseas in battle,
_ [A] _
When the postman came to me, _ _ _
And he handed me a letter.
_ Oh, I was happy as I [D] could be.
_ _ [A] _ [D]
You see, the fighting was all over,
[Db] _ [D] _ [G]
And the battles, they'd all been won.
_ [Em] _ [A] _
Then I opened up the letter, _ [D] and it started,
Dear John, _ [Eb] dear _ John, _ _ _ oh [Bb] how I hate to rise.
_ _ _ Dear John, _ _ _ I must let you know [Eb] tonight,
_ [D] [Eb] That my love for you has [Bb] gone.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] There's war [Fm] tonight, I [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
would not.
Dear [Ab] John, _ [Eb] _ _ _ dear John, _ _ oh how I hate to rise.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Dear John, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dear John, oh how I hate to _ _ [Eb] rise. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ Dear John, _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] dear John, oh how I [Bb] hate to rise.
Forever, _ [Eb] dear John.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Dear John, _ _ _ oh [A] how I hate to rise.
_ _ Dear _ John, _ I must let you know [D] tonight,
_ That my love for you has gone.
[Gbm] _ [G] There's _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] war [Em] tonight, I [A] would not.
_ [D] Dear [G] John, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I was overseas in battle,
_ [A] _
When the postman came to me, _ _ _
And he handed me a letter.
_ Oh, I was happy as I [D] could be.
_ _ [A] _ [D]
You see, the fighting was all over,
[Db] _ [D] _ [G]
And the battles, they'd all been won.
_ [Em] _ [A] _
Then I opened up the letter, _ [D] and it started,
Dear John, _ [Eb] dear _ John, _ _ _ oh [Bb] how I hate to rise.
_ _ _ Dear John, _ _ _ I must let you know [Eb] tonight,
_ [D] [Eb] That my love for you has [Bb] gone.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] There's war [Fm] tonight, I [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
would not.
Dear [Ab] John, _ [Eb] _ _ _ dear John, _ _ oh how I hate to rise.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Dear John, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dear John, oh how I hate to _ _ [Eb] rise. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ Dear John, _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] dear John, oh how I [Bb] hate to rise.
Forever, _ [Eb] dear John.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _