Tom: C#m
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Sleepy - eyed john
C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
A E A B E B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
G# C#m
No need to put your boots on
A E B E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john
[Verse]
A E
Way back in the woods where the whipple wills a singin
B E
He came in this world a kickin and a screamin
A E
He must have known something nobody else did
B E
Cuz he spent all his time just a layin in bed
[Verse]
A E
So they called for the doctor and they called for the priest
B E
No he wasn't possessed, no he wasn't diseased
A E
All he needs is an honest day's work with his hands
B E
So they sent him away to be a railroad man
[Chorus]
E G#
Sleepy - eyed john
C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
A E A B E B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
G# C#m
No need to put your boots on
A E B E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john
[Instrumental]
E G# C#m A E A B E
A E B E - A E B E
[Verse]
A E
Well sleepy-eyed john never did what he should
B E
It's hard to be mad at a pig in the mud
A E
"He's no good, he's no good," is what people said
B E
But you know he never ever did nobody bad
[Verse]
A E
Some folks have a dream that they just can't shake
B E
Old John's got a dream that he'll never awake
A E
When the morning train comes and the train is gone
B E
Old John's in a world that's all his own
[Chorus]
E G#
Sleepy - eyed john
C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
A E A B E B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
G# C#m
No need to put your boots on
A E B E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john
A E A E A E A B
Go back to your dreams, Go back to your dreams, Go back to your dreams, dream on,
