john joe reilly Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]On the morning i was[C] bor[G]n
John Joe Reilly [C]killed a bird with a [G]stone
[C]Not a goose, or a hen
[G]John Joe Reilly [C]killed a wren
John Joe Reilly killed a [G]wren
Twenty- one,
the [C]longest night in winter
[G]When the sun is [C]deepest in her slumber
Follow me around the moon
[G]Meet me on [C]the twenty- first of June
Meet me on the twenty- first on [G]June
Marry me 'neath [C]the king of
[G]the trees
Below the oak Joe [C]Reilly spoke to [G]me
[C]I was then still green and thin
My [G]daddy [C]hunted him
My daddy hunted [G]him
Now in the sea, there [C]lives a million fishes
An[G]d in the sky,
[C]there lives a million wishes
One of mine
Is that someday someone'd name
a horse Seabiscuit
Me [G]and I, [C]we'd ride into the mystic
Me and I, we'd ride into
the mys[G]tic
I followed him in[C]to [G]the tree
I gave my heart [C]and all of [G]me
Don't [C]tell a soul, John Joe,
where'd you been
[G]Or a soul that [C]i have sinned
Or a soul that i have [G]sinned
If i'd had known, i'd have
[C]cut [G]your tongue
Now the world knows [C]of what i've [G]done
The [C]oak, the ash,
the king and queen
[G]The highest shame hang
[C]s over me
The highest shame hangs over [G]me
So bury me be[C]neath the [G]queen
Below the ash with the bird[C]s and the [G]bee
Re- [C]sow us back into the green
[G]island bouncing on the [C]sea
Island bouncing on [G]the sea
On the morning [C]i w[G]as born
John Joe Reilly [C]killed a bird
[G]with a stone
[C]Not a goose or a hen
[G]John Joe Reilly [C]killed a wren
John Joe Reilly killed [G]a wren