Chord/Tab song: John the Gun

by Sandy Denny
From 'The North Star Grassman and the Ravens" (1971)

Capo III (Cm)
(Please note this is not the original arrangement;
I rearranged it to suit the limited skills
of a camp fire player like myself)

My s[Am]hadow follows me wher[C]ever I should chance to [Am]go
J[C]ohn the G[G]un did s[Am]ay
If y[Am]ou should chance to meet me, as I w[C]ander to and f[Am]ro
S[C]ad will [G]be your d[Am]ay

My life is mine and the light did shine,
till the guns shot right through me
So now I shall never fall
Ideals of peace are gold which fools
have found upon the plains of war
I shall destroy them all

(Chorus)
P[Dm]ut away your g[C]uns of steel
Death c[Dm]omes too soon for a[C]ll
Your m[F]aster he will n[C]eed you soon[Em]
And y[G]ou will heed his c[Am]all

I am the master of the game
That you will hardly ever play
So I will teach your sons
And if they should die
Before the evening of their span of days
Why, then they will die young

(Chorus)

Condemn me not
For always have I played the game of war
In moonshine or in sun
And if any cross the path I choose to tread
Their chances they are poor
For I am John the Gun

(Chorus)