verse 1 
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...