Donovan - Mad Johns Escape Chords & Tabs

...MAD JOHN'S ESCAPE... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*


Intro:

C  F (x2)

Verse 1:

C              B         C       B
 Mad John came down from Birming-ham,
C     B     B7
 Very hasti-ly.
D         F        Em
 And from Borstal, he had ran;
C           F       G        F
 He made it down to Torquay.
C     F       G
 Good boy Mad John.

Verse 2:

C               B          C        B
 Mad John holed up in an a-llotment shed,
C     B        B7
 By a railroad siding.
D            F           Em
 In came the man for the watering can;
C          F        G       F
 He didn't see John hiding.
C     F       G
 Good boy Mad John.

Chorus 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/donovan/mad_johns_escape_crd.html ]
     F        C     F        G
Mad, mad, mad John, mad, mad John,
     F        C     F        G
Mad, mad, mad John, mad, mad John.

Verse 3:

C             B         C            B
 Mad John met Jill in a transport ca-fe,
C       B        B7
 By the juke box loud.
D         F            Em
 And over double eggs, chips and beans,
C            F      G    F
 They made a solemn vow,
C         F        G
 And Jill paid the bill.

Chorus 2:

     F        C     F        G
Mad, mad, mad John, mad, mad John,
     F        C     F        G
Mad, mad, mad John, mad, mad John.
     F        C     F        G     C  F
Mad, mad, mad John, mad, mad John.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       F       B       B7      D       Em      G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  133211  x24442  x24242  xx0232  022000  320003


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)