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The John Bull Tin

Key: G

Introduction:

G                                                                      D  
He said it saved him from a bullet once
          C                              G  
But I did not believe
G                                                                                                                         D  
He's just an old man in the park half drunk on rum
                G                                    D                      C                                                    G  
As he rolled another smoke and closed the John Bull Tin
G                                                                                      D    G  
He said, "I've carried that since 1941."
G                         C  
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
             G  
Blue letters chipped away
G                                                                                    D  
His memories and tabacco fit within
                  G                                 G7                              C                                         G  
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
G                                                                 D                                              G  
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
Verse
G                                                                 D  
He said. "It used to be a tire patch kit
          C                                 G  
But that was long ago
G                                                                                    D  
It's memories and tabacco now my friend
                     G                                                            D  
Ya know some folks need a magic lamp
        C                                         G  
To conjure up their dreams
G                                            D                                                    G  
But mine are kept inside the John Bull Tin."
G                         C  
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
             G  
Blue letters chipped away
G                                                                                    D  
His memories and tabacco fit within
                  G                                 G7                              C                                         G  
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
G                                                                 D                                              G  
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
Verse
G                                         D  
I found it lyin' in the grass
             C                                                    G  
In a park near Shepherd's Bush
G                                                              D  
I never saw that old man again
     G                                            D  
I guess he rolled a final smoke
          C                                 G  
And went to his reward
G                                                         D                                                      G  
Why else would he have dropped the John Bull Tin?
G                         C  
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
             G  
Blue letters chipped away
G                                                                                    D  
His memories and tabacco fit within
                  G                                 G7                              C                                         G  
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
G                                                                 D                                              G  
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
Outro
G                                                      D                                              C         D    G  
His pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin