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Thread #77786 Message #1390919
Posted By: DonMeixner
28-Jan-05 - 12:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Name of the Game... & My Son John (Paxton
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MY SON JOHN (Tom Paxton)
Hi Rapaire,
Thanks for reminding me of this great song. I used to do it 30 years ago and I haven't thought of it in ages. The chords are as I remember them but that don't mean they are right. I have also never seen this song in a Paxton song book anywhere.
I can't help with the Poker song, sorry, I never played it.
Don
MY SON JOHN
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
M(C)y son, John, was a go(G)od boy, and go(C)od to me. (G walk to C)
Wh(C)en we had hard ti(G)mes, well, he sto(C)od by me.
We were i(F)n work and o(G)ut of work and o(C)n the go.
If he ha(F)d complaints, I ne(C)ver heard of o(G?)ne.
He would pi(F)tch in and he(G)lp me like a fu(C)ll grown man.
My son, Jo(G)hn. John, my s(C)on.
My son, John, went to college and he made his way.
Had to earn every penny, but he paid his way.
He worked summers and holidays and through the year,
And it was no easy struggle that he won.
But he laughed at the ones who thought he had it hard.
My son, John. John, my son.
My son, John, got his uniform and went away.
With a band playing marches, he was sent away.
And he wrote me a letter, when he had the time.
He was loosing his buddies one by one.
And I prayed, and tried not to read between the lines.
My son, John. John, my son.
My son, John, came home yesterday; he's here to stay.
Not a word, to his father, have I heard him say.
He seems glad to be home, but I can't be sure.
When I ask him what he'd seen and done.
He went up to his bedroom, and he closed the door.
My son, John, John my son.
He went up to his bedroom, and he closed the door.
My son, John, John my son.