Father John chords by The Dead South

♫ Intro:

Fm G Fm
Fm G Fm


♫ Verse 1:
               G        Fm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                G        Fm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
F     G        F7      Fm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
      G                   Fm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
    G                     Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay

♫ Verse 2:
               G          Fm
Rumours on the street well, I hear they're coming true
               G       Fm
That filthy man he caught 'em put 'em on a noose
F           G        F7       Fm
 'Cause every word he said the people ate out of his hand
   G                 Fm
With just one crying word you could be dead
   G                 Fm
With just one crying word you could be dead


♫ Instrumental:
Fm G Fm
Fm G Fm
F G Fm C F G
C F G Fm Fm
Fm G Fm
Fm G Fm


♫ Verse 3:
   Fm
They caught 'em up near Beckett Brook
     G        Fm
When the crew came riding through
Fm
They rounded up they young boys
G           Fm
Chased 'em through the slough
F      G         F7      Fm
 I heard one drowned while the others hung around
G            Fm
 Father John caught his prey


♫ Verse 4:
              G       Fm
With heavy eyes their mommas they came to weep
                G        Fm
Looking down at their young boys Father John did reap
   F      G        F7         Fm
Them away from the land and all the families that they had
    G                   Fm
And on other side of the mountains where they lay
    G                     Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay


♫ Instrumental:
Fm


♫ Outro:
               G        Fm
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                G        Fm
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
F     G        F7      Fm
 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
      G                   Fm
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
    G                     Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
    G                   Fm
On the other side of the mountains where they lay