Johnny Come Lately Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D9

 I'mD9 sorry you couldn't G9make it

 You could have D9seen him, so weathered anG9d dated

 He was a EJohnny Come Lately

 And I knAow that you would hate him

 If you'd D9seen his botanical lG9eanings

 First prize D9exhibit and all down to good sG9pirit

 He was a JoEhnny Come Lately

 And I knAow that you would hate me

 If I eD9nvied the things that he sG9poke of

 How I D9envied the things that he G9thought of

 He was a JEohnny Come Lately

 And I Aknow that you would hate me

 If I tGold you that I made some time and stayed behind

 To find out how to make a gaBmrden grow

 Where the Gmsun no longer shDines

 If I aGmsked too many questions and I stayed behind

 To find out how to make a gaDrden grow

 But he neEver ever gave away the secret of this godforsakenA soil

D9 G9

D9 G9

 He didn't nD9eed us, just tempted and teG9ased us

 You could have D9been here, wishing you wG9ere here

 This was a JoEhnny Come Lately

 And I knAow that you would hate me

 He was a JoEhnny Come Lately

 And I kAnow that you would hate me

 If I tGold you that I made some time and stayed behind

 To find out how to make a gBmarden grow

 Where the Gmsun no longer shiAnes

 He assGured me that the seeds you sold were sound

 But I must have cast them all on stBmony ground

 And nGmow the sun won't sDhine

 I must have aGmsked too many questions

 And stayed behind to find out how to make a garDden grow

 But he neEver ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken sAoil.