Steep Canyon Rangers - New sleepy-eyed john

^ESleepy - eyed john ^G# Sleepy - eyed ^C#mjohn You ^Awoke ^Etoo ^Alate, you ^Bmissed the morning ^Etrain ^{B E}Sleepy - eyed john No ^G#need to put your ^C#mboots on Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams,^B sleepy - eyed ^Ejohn

Way ^Aback in the woods where the w^Ehipple wills a singin He ^Bcame in this world a ^Ekickin and a screamin He ^Amust have known something no^Ebody else did Cuz he ^Bspent all his time just a layin in ^Ebed

So they ^Acalled for the doctor and they ^Ecalled for the priest No he ^Bwasn't possessed, no he ^Ewasn't diseased All he ^Aneeds is an honest day's ^Ework with his hands So they ^Bsent him away to be a railroad ^Eman

^ESleepy - eyed john ^G# Sleepy - eyed ^C#mjohn You ^Awoke ^Etoo ^Alate, you ^Bmissed the morning ^Etrain ^{B E}Sleepy - eyed john No ^G#need to put your ^C#mboots on Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams,^B sleepy - eyed ^Ejohn

Well sleepy-eyed ^Ajohn never ^Edid what he should It's ^Bhard to be mad at a ^Epig in the mud "He's no ^Agood, he's no good," is ^Ewhat people said But you ^Bknow he never ever did nobody ^Ebad

Some ^Afolks have a dream that they ^Ejust can't shake Old ^BJohn's got a dream that he'll ^Enever awake When the ^Amorning train comes and the ^Etrain is gone Old ^BJohn's in a world that's all his ^Eown

^ESleepy - eyed john ^G# Sleepy - eyed ^C#mjohn You ^Awoke ^Etoo ^Alate, you ^Bmissed the morning ^Etrain ^{B E}Sleepy - eyed john No ^G#need to put your ^C#mboots on Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams,^B sleepy - eyed ^Ejohn Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams, Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams, Go ^Aback to your ^Edreams, dream ^Aon, ^B