E                  G#
Sleepy - eyed john
              C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
    A    E   A         B                  E      B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
   G#               C#m
No need to put your boots on
   A            E      B              E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john

[Verse]
    A                            E
Way back in the woods where the whipple wills a singin
   B                    E
He came in this world a kickin and a screamin
   A                           E
He must have known something nobody else did
       B                                  E
Cuz he spent all his time just a layin in bed

[Verse]
        A                              E
So they called for the doctor and they called for the priest
      B                       E
No he wasn't possessed, no he wasn't diseased
       A                        E
All he needs is an honest day's work with his hands
        B                              E
So they sent him away to be a railroad man

[Chorus]
E                  G#
Sleepy - eyed john
              C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
    A    E   A         B                  E      B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
   G#               C#m
No need to put your boots on
   A            E      B              E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john

[Instrumental]
E  G#  C#m  A E A B E

A  E   B  E  -  A  E  B  E

[Verse]
                 A          E
Well sleepy-eyed john never did what he should
     B                   E
It's hard to be mad at a pig in the mud
         A                       E
"He's no good, he's no good," is what people said
        B                             E
But you know he never ever did nobody bad

[Verse]
     A                            E
Some folks have a dream that they just can't shake
    B                             E
Old John's got a dream that he'll never awake
         A                           E
When the morning train comes and the train is gone
    B                                E
Old John's in a world that's all his own

[Chorus]
E                  G#
Sleepy - eyed john
              C#m
Sleepy - eyed john
    A    E   A         B                  E      B
You woke too late, you missed the morning train
E
Sleepy - eyed john
   G#               C#m
No need to put your boots on
   A            E      B              E
Go back to your dreams, sleepy - eyed john
   A            E          A            E          A            E             A   B
Go back to your dreams, Go back to your dreams, Go back to your dreams, dream on,