The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Chords
The Letter That Johnny Walker Read by Asleep At The Wheel is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Johnny Walker sat at a table in a bar
D7
Minding his own affairs
C D7
Drinking his namesake over the rocks
He was drunk too drunk to care
G
When a girl from the bar walked up beside him
D7
And this is what she said
C D7
She said a woman came by with a letter for you
G
And this is what the letter said
D7
Dear John please Johnny please come home
G
I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
D7
And John if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
Yes that's what the letter said
G
The letter that Johnny Walker read
D7
Then John he got up from the table
C D7
Slowly so slowly he walked outside
G D7
He was thinking of his wife and little children back at home
C D7 G
And how his drinking had ruined their lives
D7
Then John he stared off into that street light
C D7
In a vision filled his poor poor heart with dread
G D7
For you see folks it was him lying drunk in the gutter
C D7 G
Clutching in his hand the letter that Johnny Walker read
And this is what it said
D7
Yes that's what the letter said
G
The letter that Johnny Walker read
D7
Yes that's what the letter said
G
The letter that Johnny Walker read