VERSE 1:
[E] Everybody was
[A] talking to me,
[E] like I was a
[B] child
[E] In their words I could
[A] hear them saying, it's
[E] just a matter of
[B] time
[F#] Anyway it's a
[D] long
[C#m] long
[B] race been
[E] run
[F#] Anyway it's a
[D] sad
[C#m] sad
[B] song been
[E] sung
CHORUS:
[A] Dear John goodbye she said,
[E] sometimes it's hard she said
[A] Dear John I've
[F#7] broken
[B] away
VERSE 2:
[E] Vanity is
[A] hard old lady, you
[E] just can't read her
[B] mind
[E] I'm a fool but I
[A] don't fool easy,
[E] while you're fooling a-
[B]-round
[F#] Anyway I can
[D] hold
[C#m] my
[B] own to-
[E]-night,
[F#] I admit I was
[D] wrong
[C#m] and
[B] you where
[E] right
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT CHORUS: [x3] 