Am Em Gather 'round for a story to be hadAm Em Of a six foot six strapping ladAm Em He'd enlist to the navy of his own port steadAm Em To make a name and then return home [Verse 2]Am Em A towering man, quiet and shyAm Em He hugged his kids and kissed his wife goodbyeAm Em And he said young Billy don't you cryAm Em For soon I'll be coming homeAm Em And she wished Johnny would stay home [Verse 3]Am Em Johnny came aboard with a gleam in his eyeAm Em On the dock below, there stood his wifeAm Em Smiling and waving as she said goodbyeAm Em And to me she yelled bring Johnny home [Verse 4]Am Em Never had we seen such a vaulting manAm Em With a thirst for knowledge and a course well plannedAm Em He spoke of his family again and againAm Em And a life he soon would sowAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 5]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm Em To his wife and kids, assuring it' okayAm Em And we'd eat and we'd drink and we'd end the dayAm Em With a sad 'ol sailors song [Verse 6]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm Em We'd reminisce and we'd laugh and we'd watch the kids playAm Em And we'd talk about how we're going to spend our daysAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 7]Am Em The captain was an undaunted manAm Em He swore he knew his enemy all first handAm Em And we knew someday he make his standAm Em If again their paths did cross [Verse 8]Am Em It was dark as hell on a ghostly nightAm Em The canon fire was the only lightAm Em And what we saw next was a sickening sightAm Em And the captain's life was goneAm Em And to the battle, we all saw Johnny run [Verse 9]Am Em Johnny jumped in without a fear for his lifeAm Em As the enemy boarded us starboard sideAm Em We were fifteen down and dropping like fliesAm Em When I saw Johnny's eyes turn red [Verse 10]Am Em And he let forth a scream and a ravenous mightAm Em With a pistol in his left and a cutlass in his rightAm Em Like a wild hurricane he commenced to fightAm Em This battle's not finished yet!Am Em And to Johnny we owe our debt [Verse 11]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm Em To his wife and kids, assuring it's okayAm Em And we'd eat and we'd drink and we'd end the dayAm Em With a sad 'ol sailors song [Verse 12]Am Em And we'd all see Johnny home somedayAm Em We'd reminisce and we'd laugh and we'd watch the kids playAm Em And we'd talk about how we're going to spend our daysAm Em Yea we'd all see Johnny home [Verse 13]Am Em Then the crew joined in until their ship we breechedAm Em We all had the vigor of ten men eachAm Em And some did die and some did fleeAm Em But in the end our crew stood tall [Verse 14]Am Em And we all looked to Johnny now covered in bloodAm Em He collapsed to his knees, cursing heaven aboveAm Em For me punishment here what have I doneAm Em And he muttered I failed them allAm Em And we all saw Johnny fall [Verse 15]Am Em And we all saw Johnny home that dayAm Em To his wife and kids, assuring it's okayAm Em And we told them of the battle on the fifth of MayAm Em And not a braver man had fought [Verse 16]Am Em And we all broke down when she started to cryAm Em And she fell down beside him and she said goodbyeAm Em And the children fell in with her by her sideAm Em And for their loss, time stood still [Verse 17]Am Em Then anger ensued for the months of prayersAm Em That went unanswered and she drew back her long dark hairAm Em And we all watched as she died a little bit right thereAm Em And she stood and addressed me as sirAm Em Thank God you brought Johnny home
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