Mad John Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm]
[A][C][Gm][C][Gm][C]
[Gm][C][G][C][G][Gm][C]
[G][Gm][Bb][C]
[G]There was

[Verse 1]
an old [Gm]man who l[C]ived i[A]n [C]the greenwood
[G]Nobody knew him [D]or what he had [Bb]done[C]
But moth[Gm]ers words say to their chil
[C]dren beware of Mad [G]John.[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]John would sing with [Gm]the birds
[Bb]in t[A]he m[Bb]orning[C]
[G]Laugh with the wind [Gm]in
the cold [C]end of night
But [G]people from [Gm]behind their curtain[Bb]s,
[C]said he's not [G]quite [Gm]right.
[A][Bb][C][Gm][G]

[Verse 3]
John had [C]it sussed he was liv
[F]ing [E]the [F]life [E]of [C]a tramp[A][Bb]
Yes his [Eb]bed was the cold and t[G]he damp
but the sun was his [C#]friend
He was [D]free
[C]So

[Verse 4]
[G]here was a wise one
who [A]loved all [C]the haters
He [G]loved them so much that their
[A]hate turned [C]to fear
[G]And shaking from behind their cur[F#m]tains [A]the loved [C]ones wou[G]ld[A][C][G][A]
[C][G][A][C][G][Gm][C][G]
[Gm]
[Bb][C][G][Gm][G][C]
[A][C][D][C][G][C][C][C#][C]
[C]
[C]
[C]hea[C]r.[C][G][C]

[Outro 1]
[C][C][C][C]