Key: E
E
D
Johnny's gone in the mornin' sun
E
G
B
Johnny's gone to carry a gun
E
D
Off he goes in the break of dawn
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
verse 2
E
D
See my Johnny standin' in the line
E
G
B
Don't his uniform look fine?
E
D
Children laughin' and girls all sighin'
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
verse 3
E
D
Early in the mornin' at the break of day
E
G
B
See the young men march away
E
D
Mothers weepin' and fathers prayin'
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
verse 4
E
D
Out of the land the young men poured
E
G
B
It's flesh to feed the guns of war
E
D
Johnny isn't a boy anymore
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
Verse 5
E
D
Out on the field where the young men fell
E
G
B
In the scream of shot and the roar of shell
E
D
Men plunged down the throat of... heaven
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
Verse 6
E
D
After the battle in the mud and rain
E
G
B
The air is red with the screams of pain
E
D
His eyes will never see the light again
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war
Verse 7
E
D
There's a mail train a-rollin' down the track
E
G
B
Carryin' a letter edged in black
E
D
And it says that Johnny won't be back
E
D
E
Johnny's gone to the war...