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