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