Hang On John Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
John Taylor [D]left his [C]native home
[D]After the whale-fish he did [G]go
From the Atlantic [D]coast and around Cape [C]Horn
To the [D]South Seas where the whale-fish [G]blow

[CHORUS]
Oh it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more

[VERSE]
Well, his boat was [D]sunk and his [C]luck bein' gone
Round a [D]rocky island he made his [G]home
And he prayed and he [D]hoped and he dreamed in [C]vain
For a [D]ship to carry him home a[G]gain

[CHORUS]
But it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more

[VERSE]
An old man come a-[D]walkin' a[C]long the beach
Har[D]poon in hand and a shining [G]face
"I come from my [D]home on the rolling [C]sea
[D]Carry you back to your native [G]place"

[CHORUS]
So it's, h[D]ang o[G]n, J[Bm]ohn
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more

[VERSE]
Well, they sang and they [D]rowed and they [C]sang and sailed
[D]Till they spied them a newborn [G]whale
And the old man har[D]pooned him in the [C]back
[D]Out to sea they hauled their [G]slack

[CHORUS]
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more

[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE]
Well, they had not been [D]sailin' but a [C]month or more
"Land [D]ho!" was the old man's happy [G]words
And John saw the [D]cliffs risin' [C]from the sea
[D]Heard the cry o' Nantucket [G]birds

[CHORUS]
Oh it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more

[VERSE]
Well, they never [D]stopped when they [C]reached dry ground
But they [D]hauled their slack into John's home[G]town
And John got [D]off at his [C]own front door
[D]Never saw the old man or the whale any[G]more

[CHORUS]
Oh it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
Soon you'll see your [Am]native [G]shore
And it's, [D]hang [G]on, [Bm]John
You'll see Nantucket's [Am]shores once [G]more