Leave Her Johnny Chords - Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers

{c: Capo 3}

Verse

A Oh I thought I heard the old man say E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m It's a hard old pull to the next payday A E A And it's time for us to leave her.

Chorus

E A Leave her, Johnny,leave her D A Oh leave her, Johnny,leave her. D A F#m Oh the voyage is done and the winds don't blow A E A And it's time for us to leave her.

Verse

A Now the winds were foul and the work was hard E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m From the Liverpool docks to the London yard A E A And it's time for us to leave her.

Chorus

A Now the skipper was bad but the mate was worse E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m He would cut you down with a swipe and a curse A E A And it's time for us to leave her.

Verse

A Now it was rotten meat and moldy bread E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m You would eat it or you would starve to death. A E A Now it's time for us to leave her. (strum the chord pretty much after every time you pluck the notes to get the fuller sound.) A E A D A E A

{tab: e|--------------------------------0h2--2--0--0--------------------------|}

{tab: B|-2-2--0-0--------0--0-0-0-2-5----3---3--3----3-5-----2--2-2--0-0------|}

{tab: G|-----------2-2-------------------2---2--2--------6-----------------2--|}

{tab: D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|}

{tab: A|-0-0--0-0--0-0---2--2-2---0-0------------------------0--0-0--2-2---0--|}

{tab: E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|}

Verse

A Now it's time for us to say farewell E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m For now those pumps are all pumped dry. A E A Now it's time for us to leave her.

Chorus

A Now the skipper was bad but the mate was worse E E Leave her, Johnny, leave her. D A F#m He would cut you down with a swipe and a curse A E A And it's time for us to leave her.