Book of Song

Leave Her, Johnny

by trad

Intro over verse

[D] Oh, I thought I heard the old man say
[A7] Leave her, Johnny, [D] leave her
It's a [G] long, hard [D] pull to the [A7] next pay [D] day
And it's [D] time for us to [A7] leave [D] her

(Chorus:
[A7] Leave her, Johnny, [D] leave her
Oh, [G] leave her, Johnny, [D] leave her
Oh, the [G] voyage is [D] done and the [A7] winds don't [D] blow
And it's [D] time for us to [A7] leave [D] her

Oh the skipper was bad, but the mate was worse
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her
He would cut you down with a spite and a curse
And it's time for us to leave her

Chorus

Oh, pull you lubbers or you'll get no pay
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh, pull you lubbers and then be lay
And it's time for us to leave her

Chorus

And I thought I heard the old man say
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her
It's a long, hard pull to the next pay day
And it's time for us to leave her

Chorus x2

[Coda's arrangement replaces last verse]
Now its time for to say goodbye
Those pilings they are drawing nigh