[Verso 1]
G                                           C 
I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way 
      G                    D 
I was born and bred in the USA 
   Em                        C            G 
So listen up close, I've got something to say 
                      D 
Boys, I'm buying this round 
        G                                      C 
Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight 
       G                                       D 
And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right 
      Em                      C      G 
We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight 
                   D       G 
If I have to spend my last pound 


[Verso 2]
G                                              C 
When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain 
G                              D 
Met a little girl in the field canteen 
Em                      C          G 
Painted her name on the nose of my plane 
                      D 
Six more missions I'm gone 
       G                                         C 
Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might 
         G                                        D 
Then the warden came around yelling "turn out the lights" 
Em                        C      G 
Death rainin' down in the London night 
        D         G 
We made love 'til dawn 

 
[Refrão]
        C                        G 
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home 
                                  D 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan 
           Em                        C     G 
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone 
                  D        G 
When Johnny comes marching home 


[Verso 3]
G                        C 
My P-47 is a pretty good ship 
G                                                   D 
And she took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip 
Em                               C           G 
I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip 
                         D 
Always got me through so far 
             G                                C 
Well they can ship me all over this great big world 
         G                                    D 
But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl 
Em                          C        G 
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir, 
           D        G 
Soon as we win this war 

 
[Refrão]
        C                        G 
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home 
                                  D 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan 
           Em                        C     G 
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone 
                  D        G 
When Johnny comes marching home 


[Verso 4]
G                              C 
Now my granddaddy sang me this song 
G                                       D 
Told me about London when the blitz was on 
Em                         C                G 
How he married Grandma and brought her back home, 
                      D 
A hero throughout his land 
        G                              C 
Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego 
  G                                        D 
A couple purple hearts and I move a little slow 
Em                         C      G 
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows 
                     D      G 
About a place called Vietnam  


[Refrão]
         C                        G 
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home 
                                  D 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan 
           Em                        C     G 
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone 
                  D        G 
When Johnny comes marching home 
         C                        G 
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home 
                                  D 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan 
           Em                        C     G 
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone 
                  D        G 
When Johnny comes marching home