G                    D           G
Johnny gave Joe his first cig – arette
                                    D               G
And Joe lit the filter and then he smoked the whole pack
     C
And Joe bought all the gas in Johnny's old Ford
   G                        D            G
He always said that's what friends were for.


G                          D          G
When Johnny married Tina, Joe married Dee
                                D                G
Two blonde-haired sisters from Covington, Ken – tucky
        C
And in '67 Johnny joined the Corps
G                           D        G
Joe did too, but he never knew what for.


    D                             G
And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
     D                        G
He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
D                                 G          C
Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't
            G                           D   G
He left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.


G                            D                  G
Johnny went from job to job tryin' to make ends meet
                       D       G
And Tina divorced him back in '83
C
Now thirty years come and thirty years go
     G                           D           G
And Johnny's got a grandkid that he barely knows.

[Verse]
    D                             G
And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
     D                        G
He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
D                                 G          C
Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't
            G                           D   G
He left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.


G                       D            G
Well Dee calls Johnny every now and then
                              D             G
And talks about her children and her third husband
     C
But when he asks about someone they used to know
  G                        D       G
Dee says, “Johnny that was so long ago.”


    D                             G
And tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain
     D                        G
He's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name
D                                 G          C
Folks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't
            G                           D   G
He left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.


            G                           D   G
He left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.