Leave Her Johnny

D It’s been six months since we left the bay A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D And the distance grows with every day A D And it’s time for us to leave her! D This is not the life I chose for me A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D To battle on the rolling sea A D And it’s time for us to leave her! A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don’t blow A D And it’s time for us to leave her! D I would face each tempest, ride each wave A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D When the darkness falls I will not fade A D And it’s time for us to leave her! D I will pray the western winds will blow A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D That the tide will turn to take me home A D And it’s time for us to leave her! A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don’t blow A D And it’s time for us to leave her! D I will dream of the girl with the sea blue eyes A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D With the golden hair like the field of rye A D And it’s time for us to leave her! D And the next time that I’ll see her smile A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D Is in the church by the sea at the end of the aisle A D And it’s time for us to leave her! A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don’t blow A D And it’s time for us to leave her! A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D For the voyage is done, and the winds don’t blow A D And it’s time for us to leave her! Final Verse D It’s been six months since we left the bay A D Leave her, Johnny, leave her! G D G D And the distance grows with every day A D And it’s time for us to leave her!