Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
this is a much more serious song now.
It's a song about a First
World War hero,
who was not decorated
for the simple reason,
or for one very good reason,
that his heroism,
and it was real heroism in my opinion,
was displayed in his fight against
the First World War.
His name was John Maclean.
He was a Glasgow schoolteacher.
F
C
Am
Tell me who you're going mad
and who you're going to meet
I'm headed for the station
that's in Buchanan Street
G
I'll join 200 ,000 that's there
to meet the train
Am
That's bringing back to Glasgow
Em
Am
our dear John McLean
Dominey, Dominey
G
There was a name like John
Am
McLean the fightin' Dominey,
tell me where he's been lad
Why has he been there?
They've had him in the prison
For preaching in the square
G
For John he held a finger
At all the hills he saw
Am
He was right side o' the people
Em
Am
He was right side o' the law
Dominey, Dominey
G
There was a name like John McLean,
Am
Em
Am
the fightin' Dom iney
Johnny was a teacher
in one of Glasgow's schools
The golden law was silence,
but Johnny broke the rules
G
For a world of social justice,
young Johnny couldn't wait
Am
He took his chalk and easel
Em
Am
to the men at the shipyard gate
Domine, Domine
G
There was namely John MacLean
Am
Em
Am
the fighting Domine
The leaders of the nation
made money hand or fist
Be grinding down the people
with a fiddle and a twist
G
Aided and abetted with a
preacher and a press
Am
John called for revolution
Em
and he called for nothing less
G
Am
There was name like John
G
Am
McLean the fightin' Domine
The bosses and the judges
united as one man
For Johnny was a menace
to their 1418 plan
G
They wanted men for slaughter
in the fields of armateurs
Am
John called upon the people
Em
Am
to smash the profiteers
Am
G
Am
G
There was name like John MacLean
They brought him to the courtroom
in Edinburgh town
But still he didnae cower,
he firmly held his ground
G
And stoutly he defended
his every word indeed
Am
Five years it was his sentence
Em
in the jail in Peterheed
G
Am
G
There was namely John McLean
Seven months he lingered in prison misery
Till the people rose in fury
in Glasgow and Dundee
G
Lloyd George and Ali's cronies
were shaken to the core
Am
The prison gates were opened
Em
Am
and Johnny's freedom soared
Dominey, Dominey,
G
Am
G
There was name like John McLean,
Am
Lafayette and Dominey.
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Akkorde & SongtexteAm F C G Em
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