Artist: Tom Russell | Song: John Bull Tin

Artist/Band: Russell Tom Tabs
Song: John Bull Tin Tab

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He said his pride and joy was that ol' John Bull Tin....
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He said it saved him from a bullet once
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But I did not believe
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He's just an old man in the park half drunk on rum
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As he rolled another smoke and closed the John Bull Tin
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He said, "I've carried that since 1941."
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Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
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Blue letters chipped away
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His memories and tabacco fit within
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He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
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But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin 
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He said. "It used to be a tire patch kit
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But that was long ago
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It's memories and tabacco now my friend
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Ya know some folks need a magic lamp
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To conjure up their dreams
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But mine are kept inside the John Bull Tin."
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Solo's strumed through one verse

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I found it lyin' in the grass
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In a park near Shepherd's Bush
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I never saw that old man again
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I guess he rolled a final smoke
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And went to his reward
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Why else would he have dropped the John Bull Tin?
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His pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin