Leave Her Johnny - Misc Traditional

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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Opening]

  
I thought I he

ard the Old Ma

n say:
             
"Leave her, Jo

       
hnny, leave he

r."
             
Tomorrow ye wi

   
ll get your pa

y,
              
and its time f

             
or us to leave

  
 her.


[Chorus]

             
Leave her, Joh

      
nny, leave her

!
             
Oh, leave her,

         
 Johnny, leave

 her!
             
For the voyage

              
 is long and t

   
he winds don't

 blow
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Verse]

        
Oh, the wind w

as foul and th

e sea ran high
             
Leave her, Joh

      
nny, leave her

!
             
She shipped it

           
 green and non

e went by.
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Chorus]

             
Leave her, Joh

      
nny, leave her

!
             
Oh, leave her,

         
 Johnny, leave

 her!
             
For the voyage

              
 is long and t

   
he winds don't

 blow
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Verse]

  
I hate to sail

 on this rotte

n tub.
             
"Leave her, Jo

       
hnny, leave he

r!"
             
No grog allowe

      
d and rotten g

rub.
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Chorus]

             
Leave her, Joh

      
nny, leave her

!
             
Oh, leave her,

         
 Johnny, leave

 her!
             
For the voyage

              
 is long and t

   
he winds don't

 blow
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Verse]

   
We swear by ro

te for want of

 more.
             
"Leave her, Jo

       
hnny, leave he

r!"
             
But now were t

              
hrough so we'l

  
l go on shore.
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.


[Chorus]

             
Leave her, Joh

      
nny, leave her

!
             
Oh, leave her,

         
 Johnny, leave

 her!
             
For the voyage

              
 is long and t

   
he winds don't

 blow
              
And it's time 

             
for us to leav

   
e her.