VERSE 1:
Am C D
There was an old man, who lived in a green wood,
Am C D
Nobody knew him, or what he had done,
Am C D C
But mothers would say to their children 'Beware of Mad John'.
VERSE 2:
John would sing with the birds in the morning,
Laugh witht the wind in the cold hand of night,
But people from behind their curtains said 'He's not quite right'.
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REFRAIN:
A Dsus2
John, had it sussed,
G C
He was living the life of a tramp,
Fmaj7 Bm
His bed was the cold and the damp,
E F
But the sun was his friend: he was free.
VERSE 3:
So here was a wise one, who loved all the haters,
Loved them so much that their hate turned to fear,
And shaking from behind their curtains the loved ones would hear:
VERSE 4:
Ay-diddle aye di, diddle aye di and di di,
Ay-diddle aye di, diddle aye di, di di,
Ay-diddle aye di, diddle aye di, diddle aye di, aye diddle aye-di di.
