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Intro - G G G (strum each once)
SOL DO
I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way,
SOL RE
Born and bred in the USA
MIm
So listen up close, I've got something to say
SOL RE
Boys, I'm buying this round
SOL DO
Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight
SOL RE
And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right
MIm
We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight,
SOL RE SOL
If I have to spend my last pound
When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain
Met a little girl in the field canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
Six more missions, I'm gone
Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might
Then the warden came around yelling "Turn out the lights"
Death rainin' out of the London night
We made love 'til dawn
CHORUS
DO SOL RE
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home
SOL RE
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
MIm
They'll be waitin' at the station down in San Antone
SOL RE SOL
When Johnny comes marching home
SOL DO SOL RE MIm SOL DO SOL
My P-47 is a pretty good ship
And she took a round comin' cross the channel last trip
I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip
Always got me through so far
Well they can ship me all over this great big world
But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
Soon as we win this war
CHORUS
Now my grandaddy sang this song
Told me about London when the Blitz was on
How he married grandma and brought her back home
A hero thoughout his land
Now I'm standing on a runway in San Diego
A couple Purple Hearts and I move a little slow
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
About a place called Vietnam
CHORUS
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