JOHN REILLY
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (bananaco9@gmail.com)

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C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where have you been?
C             C/G         Am
You're totin' around your carnal sin
F              G                C   C/G   C (C/G C/A C/B)
It lies in the features on your face

C          C/G   C    C/G
I think it was a year ago
C      C/G        Am
The shotgun still echoes
F           G                    C   C/G   C (C/G C/A C/B)
Down by the Mother of Our Saving Grace

C  C/G        C     C/G
Adeline's not doing well
C          C/G           Am
She's damn sure that you went to hell
F                 G                   C
Or at least never coming back to this place


    F        G            Am     C/B
The preacher moved like a man possessed
C
The rumor was he couldn't get no rest
   F         G        Am     C/B
He holds his hands to heaven above
C
A sacrifice to the holy dove
   F         G           Am       C/B       G
We bowed our heads as we heard the preacher say
        G7
"Let us pray"


C    C/G     C              C/G
John Reilly, where have you been?
C             C/G       Am
I thought I'd never see you again
F              G                C   C/G   C (C/G C/A C/B)
The pine bough weeps for you at night

C      C/G   C       C/G  (C/A)
The solitary whippoorwill
C       C/G          Am
Makes a nest in your copper still
F            G              C
The brambles keep it out of sight


    F        G       Am             C/B      C
The town has built a dam across the river of time
(C)
We thought it best to leave the past behind
   F       G      Am      C/B     C
We boarded up the windows and the doors
(C)
Just the same as any other chore
   F          G               Am       C/B     G
We turned our backs where the preacher used to pray
            G7
And walked away


Am  G
Am  G
Am  G
F   G


C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where have you been?
C    C/G            Am
Your heart's like a fire pin
F          G               C   C/G   C (C/G C/A C/B)
Your angry eyes are bullet blue

C     C/G         C        C/G
And I knew that I knew you well
C C/G               Am
I knew that I could never tell
F       G              C
Exactly what you would do


     F         G         Am         C/B
Your fields of corn have lost their row
C
The river swells but it doesn't flow
  F       G            Am       C/B
I won't remember but I can't forget
C
A Sunday morning, about a year, I bet
     F      G           Am       C/B    G
It's better if you just leave us as you came
         G7
Just the same


C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where will you go?
C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where will you go?
C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where will you go?
C    C/G     C              C/G  (C/A)
John Reilly, where will you go?


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