Intro: B  E  B  F#7  B  E  B E B 

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Johnny Todd he took a notion 
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For to cross the ocean wide 
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But he'd left his little love behind him 
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Walking by the Liverpool tide 

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For a week she wept with sorrow 
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Tore her hair and wrung her hands 
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Till she met another handsome sailor 
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Walking by the Liverpool sands 

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Why fair made are you a-weeping 
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For your Johnny gone to sea? 
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Johnny's gone and I am here beside you 
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And I will kind and constant be 

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I will buy you sheets and blankets 
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I'll buy you a wedding ring 
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You shall have a little golden cradle 
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For to rock the baby in 

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Johnny Todd come home from sailing 
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Sailing on the ocean wide 
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And he found his little false and fair one 
            E        B 
Was another sailor's bride 

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Now all young lads who go a-sailing 
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For to fight the foreign foe 
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Never leave your own true love behind you 
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Marry her before you go 

Outro 
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