Misc Traditional - John Odreams

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john o dreams chords
irish folk ( tchaikovsky’s symphony no . 6 “the pathetique” )

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G C G
when midnight comes and people homeward tread
G C G
seek now your blanket and your feather bed
G D C Em
home comes the rover , his journey’s over
G Em C D
yield up the night time to old john o’dreams
G Em C G
yield up the night time to old john o’dreams

G C G
across the hill the sun has gone astray
G C G
tomorrow’s cares are many dreams away
G D C Em
the stars are flying your candle’s dying
G Em C D
yield up the darkness to old john o’dreams
G Em C G
yield up the darkness to old john o’dreams

G C G
both man and master in the night are one
G C G
all things equal when the day is done .
G D C Em
the prince and the ploughman , the slave and the freeman
G Em C D
all find their comfort in old john o’dreams
G Em C G
all find their comfort in old john o’dreams .

G C G
when sleep it comes the dreams come running clear
G C G
the hawks of morning cannot reach you here
G D C Em
sleep is a river , flow on forever
G Em C D
and for your boatman choose old john o’dreams
G Em C G
and for your boatman choose old john o’dreams

* alternate :

G = A
C = D
D = E
Em = F#m

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