Capo: 1st fret
[Intro]
Bm7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me…
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A Em7 G A
[Verse]
Bm7 A
Well, when I was just a young wan, I heard me father say,
Em7 G A
That he would rather see me dead and buried in the clay,
Bm7 A
Sooner than be married to any run away…..
N.C.
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Outro]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
Capo: 1st fret
[Intro]
Bm7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me…
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A Em7 G A
[Verse]
Bm7 A
Well, when I was just a young wan, I heard me father say,
Em7 G A
That he would rather see me dead and buried in the clay,
Bm7 A
Sooner than be married to any run away…..
N.C.
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.
[Outro]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.