Chords for Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

Tempo:
108.15 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

Am

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier chords
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[F] [G]
[Am]
[C] [F]
[C]
Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill, [F] who can [C] blame [E] me?
Crime I fell, [F] and every [C] tear would turn a mirror
[F]
Gently as [C] gun for [F] a soldier
[G]
Sure, [Am] sure, [C] sure, [F]
sure, [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me
[F] When he comes [Am] back we'll [A] marry, be
[F] Johnny as gun for a soldier
[G] Me [C]
[Em]
[F]
[C] [Am] loved
[C] him so, [Fm] broke my [Em] heart to see him go
[F] And only [C] time will heal my [A] wound
[F] Johnny as [C] gun [F] for a soldier
[C]
[G] [Am] Sure, sure, [C] sure, [F] sure, [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me
[F] When he comes [C] back we'll [A] marry, be
[F] Johnny as gun for a soldier
[G]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[G] [C] [A] Oooh, [Am] [G] oooh, [C]
[F] [C] [D]
[G] [E] oooh, oooh, oooh,
[F] [C] [G]
[C] oooh, oooh, [Em] oooh, [F]
oooh
I'll [C]
sell my gun, I'll sell my reel
[Fm] Likewise I'll [C]
sell my [E] spinning wheel
And [F] buy my [C]
love a sword of [F] steel
Johnny as [C] gun [F] for a soldier
[G]
[C]
[G] [F]
Oooh, [G]
[Am] oooh, [G]
[C] [F] oooh,
[D] oooh, oooh, oooh, [C] oooh, oooh, [F]
[G] [C] [Am]
[C] [Em] oooh
[F] [Cm]
[C]
[F]
[C] [E] I'll beg for bread, [F] for the light I [C] love from me has [Am]
fled.
[F]
Johnny's come for a soldier.
[G] [Am]
Sure, [C] sure, sure.
[F] Sure, [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me.
[F] When he comes [C] back we'll [A] marry.
[F]
Johnny has come for a soldier.
[G] [Am] [Em]
[F]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
Am
2311
Em
121
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill, [F] who can [C] blame [E] me?
Crime I fell, _ _ _ [F] and every [C] tear would turn a mirror
[F] _ _
_ _ Gently as [C] gun for [F] a _ soldier
[G] _
Sure, _ [Am] _ _ sure, [C] sure, _ _ _ [F] _
sure, [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me
_ _ [F] When he comes [Am] back we'll [A] marry, be _
[F] _ Johnny _ _ as gun for a soldier _
[G] _ Me [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ loved _
[C] him so, [Fm] broke my [Em] heart to see him go
_ _ _ [F] And only [C] time will heal my [A] wound
[F] _ _ _ _ Johnny as [C] gun [F] for a soldier
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] Sure, sure, [C] sure, _ [F] sure, _ [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me _ _ _
[F] When he comes [C] back we'll [A] marry, be
[F] _ _ Johnny _ as gun for a _ soldier
[G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] Oooh, [Am] _ [G] oooh, [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [G] [E] oooh, oooh, oooh, _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] oooh, oooh, _ [Em] oooh, _ _ _ [F] _
oooh
_ I'll _ [C] _
sell my gun, I'll sell my reel
[Fm] Likewise I'll [C]
sell my [E] spinning _ wheel _
And [F] buy my [C]
love a sword of _ [F] steel
_ _ Johnny as [C] gun [F] for a _ soldier
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oooh, [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ oooh, [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [F] oooh, _ _
[D] oooh, oooh, oooh, _ _ [C] oooh, oooh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Em] oooh _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] [E] I'll beg for bread, _ _ [F] for the light I [C] love from me has [Am]
fled.
[F] _ _ _ _
Johnny's come for a soldier.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
Sure, [C] sure, sure. _ _
[F] Sure, [C] sure, [Em] and he loves me. _
[F] When he comes [C] back we'll [A] marry.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
Johnny has come for a soldier.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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