Poor Little John chords

Roger Miller

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Little John lived on a mountainside 
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Never  thought much about taking on a bride 
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Finally he up  he married one day 
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She didn't like the country so she done run away 



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Poor little john, Poor Little John 
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Your Mama used to love you but your Mama gone 
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Whatcha gonna do livin all alone 
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Your Mama used to love you but your Mama gone 

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Little John say what a fool I be 
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High toned woman make a monkey out of me 
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Life gets lonesome on the mountain side 
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Guess that the reason little John set and cried 



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Little John don know what he gonna do 
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Lose one woman don wanna try for two 
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Guess he get along without no help 
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Lived all his life on the mountain by himself