My Friend John

Intro A Verse G C G F well the room was pink and the signs were serious G C G F paperback dolls being slammed delirious G C G F feeling like a joke in the bar underneath G C G F and it was saturday night in the year of the good thief Verse well i tumbled up the stairs the wrong way round i hit my head on the ceiling when my feet hit the ground and then the big dumb blonde in the gold fish bowl cried ella’s in the band but she’s got no soul! Chorus D# A# D D# my friend john was a serious one D# A# D D# buttoned up the back and a job half done D# A# D D# lazy old boy when the good girls turn D# A# D D# his teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn D# A# D G when will he ever learn? Verse well the night was spent and my money was young and then i had to get home before my neck was wrong and everybody danced in the same old way and if i’m feeling old and desperate i’ll be back some day Chorus my friend john was a serious one buttoned up the back and a job half done lazy old boy when the good girls turn his teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn when will he ever learn? finish playing G repeatedly fin