Tom: Em
Em C G
I was just about nineteen
C D G
When I landed on their shore
D Bm7
With my eyes big as headlights
C D C
Like the thousands and thousands who came before
G
I was going to be something
Bm7 C D G
I smiled at the man scrutinizing my face
D Em A Em A
As I stepped down off the gangway
Em C G
Came down to their city
C D G
Where I worked for many's the year
D Bm7
Built a hundred houses
C D C
Must've pulled half a million pints of beer
G
Living under suspicion
Bm7 C D G
Putting up with the hatred and fear in their eyes
D Em C
You can see that your nothing but a murderer
G D Em
In their eyes, we're nothing but a bunch of murderers
[Chorus]
Em C G C D G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C D C
Know a place where we can put that right
G Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D Em A Em A
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
Em C G
I'm sick of watching them break up
C D G
Every time some bird brain puts us down
D Bm7
Making jokes on the radio
C D C
Guess it helps them all drown out the sound
G
Of the crumbling foundations
Bm7 C D G
Any fool can see the writing on the wall
D Em A Em A
But they just don't believe that it's happening
Em C G
There's a crowd says I'm alright
C D G
Say they like my turn of phrase
D Bm7
Take me round to their parties
C D C
Like some dressed up monkey in a cage
G
And I play my accordion
Bm7 C D G
Oh, but when the wine seeps through the facade
D Em C
It's nothing but the same old story
G D Em A
Nothing but the same old story
[Chorus]
Em C G C D G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C D C
Know a place where we can put that right
G Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D Em A Em A
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
Em C G
Got a brother in Boston
C D G
Says he'll send me on the fare
D Bm7
Just wrote me a letter
C D C
Making out that he's cleaning up out there
G
Two cars in the driveway
Bm7 C D G
Summer house way down on the Cape
D Em A Em A
And I know that he'd fix me up in the morning
Em C G
I've been thinking about it
C D G
But it seems so far to go
D Bm7
People say in the winter
C D C
You'd get lost underneath the snow
G
And there's this girl from my home place
Bm7 C D G
We've been planning to move back and give it a try
D Em C
So I never got around to going
G D Em A Em A
That's why I never got around to going
[Chorus]
Em C G C D G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C D C
Know a place where we can put that right
G Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D Em A Em A
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
