Leave Her, Johnny!

Steadily E AMaj7 E B7 E

Solo

4         2

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thought I heard the

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    old man say,

  4               

  4           
B E A B7 E B
Chorus Solo
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         
"Leave her, John ny,
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leave her!" You can

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   
go a shore and

              
         
E G7 Cm E A E B7 E
Chorus Solo
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         
draw your pay. "It's
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time for us to
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  
leave her." The

             

           
 E AMaj7 E B7 E B
Chorus
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              12 13

winds were foul; the work was hard. "Leave her, John ny,

             
       
E A B7 E B E G7 Cm E
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             
Solo
15 16
Chorus

leave her!" From Li ver pool Docks to the Brook lyn Yard. "It's
             
          
A E B7 E E AMaj7
Solo
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             18 19

time for us to leave her." The winds were foul; the

             

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Chorus Solo
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 
ship
         
was slow.
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"Leave her, John ny,

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leave her!" The

           
        
2
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      24
     Chorus
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grub was bad and the wa ges low. "It's time for us to

      
            
   
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   
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    28

leave her." She shipped it green, and she made us curse.

         
         
B E A B7 E B

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Chorus

    30
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     Solo
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"Leave her, John ny, leave her!" The mate is a de vil and the

    
           
         
E G7 Cm E A E B7 E
Chorus Solo

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      33
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     34

old man worse. "It's time for us to leave her." The

        
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3
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   
   36 37
   
rats have gone and we the crew.... "Leave her, John ny,

   
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  
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      
leave her!" It's
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time, by God, that

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too.
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     
time for us to
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leave
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her."
       
     

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 Leave Her, Johnny! - Acoustic String Bass

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 Leave Her, Johnny! - Fiddle

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 Leave Her, Johnny! - Acoustic Guitar

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 Leave Her, Johnny! - Harmonica

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