Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny Banks Of The Roses

Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
Bm7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me…

[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Bm7 A Em7 G A

[Verse]
Bm7 A
Well, when I was just a young wan, I heard me father say,
Em7 G A
That he would rather see me dead and buried in the clay,
Bm7 A
Sooner than be married to any run away…..
N.C.
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.

[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

[Interlude]
Bm7 A Em7 G A

Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

Bm7 A Em7 G A

Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

[Chorus]
Bm7 A
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down.
Em7 G A
I took out me fiddle for me love to play a tune,
Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.

[Outro]
Bm7 A Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny

Bm7 A
And in the middle of the tune, she smiled and she said,
Em7 G A
Oh my Johnny, oh my Johnny, don’t you leave me.