Makem & Clancy - Leave Her Johnny Chords

_ _ _ _ _ God bless the air-cage.
_ _ _ _ _ We had no intention of leaving.
_ _ _ _ You were only cotton.
[D] _ But you're cotton and quirk me right, I give me back me forkums.
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I wish you could be standing in this position and hear the_
It's fantastic to hear that chorus coming at you here, especially when it_
bounces off the ceiling like that.
Like singing in a john, you know, it's lovely.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ What the hell kind of [Gm] a john have you got?
_ [Bb] Great big one with [N] balconies.
_ _ _ _ Oh my god, I remember.
_ The brass rails never end.
_ _ Here's a song you probably don't know, you never heard it before, but you're_
Wait a minute, and then when you go home tonight, a new song in your repertoire. _ _ _
You don't have to sing it loud or shout it or anything like that, just_
Take a good deep breath and throw the chest out.
_ _ And _ _ _ _ let it swell up and bounce it off the roof there.
_ _ _ _ Pretty good.
_ _ I mean the song, not your chest.
Ah, now [G] you're trying to tell [Eb] us that, that's not what you meant at all. _
[D] You and your second hand girdle. _ _ _
[N] And anybody who knows a harmony on this, sing it out, it's [Ab] lovely.
Maybe you can afford it, go on.
_ _ _ [N] _ This is, the chorus goes_
I don't know if you can get this, it's very complicated.
Leave her Johnny, leave her. _ _ _
[A] That's it.
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It's an old sea song, there was always kind of a sadness at the end of a voyage.
Just like the end of a good concert, you know.
Sad that it's all over.
The end of a voyage, in spite of all the fights and all the hardships and the bad grub and the lack of women and booze and everything, rotten. _
The fellas were always kind of sad when they used to sing this song.
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [D] _
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_ Oh I thought I heard [A] the old [D] man say
[A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] It's a long [D] hard pull [A] to the next [D] payday
And it's time for [A] us to [D] leave her
[A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
Oh [G] leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh the voyage [D] is done [A] and the winds [D] don't blow
And it's time for [G] us to [D] leave her
Oh the skipper was bad [A] but the mate [D] was worse
[A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] He'd blow [D] you down [Em] with a spike [D] and a curse
And it's time for us to leave her
_ [A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh the voyage [D] is [Em] done and the [D] winds don't blow
And it's time for [A] us to [D] leave her
Oh pull your lovers or you'll [A] get [D] no pay
[A] _ Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh pull [D] your lovers [Em] and then [D] be lay
And it's time for [G] us to [D] leave her
[A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh leave her Johnny, [D] leave her
Oh [G] the voyage [D] is [A] done and the winds [D] don't blow
And it's time for [A] us to [D] leave her
_ And I thought I heard the old man say
[A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] It's a long [D]
hard [Em] pull to [Dbm] the next [D] payday
And it's time for [G] us [D] to leave her
[A] Leave her Johnny, [D] leave her
Oh [G] leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh the voyage is [D] done [A] and the winds [D] don't blow
And it's time for [A] us to [D] leave her
_ [A] Leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
Oh [G] leave her [D] Johnny, leave her
[G] Oh the voyage [Bm] is done [A] and the winds [D] don't blow
And it's time for [A] us to [E] _ [D] leave her
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