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Old John Robertson Tab

by Byrds


Old John Robertson   

Intro:             

                                     
Old John Robertson he wore a Stetson hat
                                         
People everywhere would laugh behind his back 
                                             
No one cared to take any time to find out 
                                     
What he was all about, fear kept them out 

                                              
Children laughed and played and didn´t know his name 
                                          
They could tell when he was coming just the same 
                                            
Walking slow with old John´s crippled wife by his side 
                         
Then she sighed, then she died 

                    *

Magic words from him would charm some children´s ears 
But they laughed at him when he hid behind his tears 
All in vain was no game for he'd lost an old friend 
in the end, in the end 

Verse 1 



* I know that the middle part is not very good. If someone knows it
accurately please be free to correct it by comment or through mailing to me 


by: José Duarte