Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
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Csus4
G
C
F
C
Csus4
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Verse 1
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C
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he really had a way
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He did his homework on the school bus
G
C
F
And he always got an A
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And the girls liked Johnny
G
C
F
maybe Elton John
C
Later on in high school
F
G
He couldn't keep his red
C
F
G
Am
suspenders on
(chorus)
C
Am
he gone away
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Oh where's Johnny will he
be back someday
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Verse 2
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C
He had a room full of trophies
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From the track meets and the
G
C
F
tennis games he'd win
C
He was a full-blown whiz whiz kid
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G
C
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Bound to be a Renaissance man
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Then he went on off to college
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Got his head stuck in a dif
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C
F
ferent state of mind
C
When they asked him was it alcohol?
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G
C
He told them it was nothing of the kind
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G
C
Just life … just life,
Interlude 1
mom
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G
Am
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C
Am
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Csus4
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Csus4
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Csus4
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Verse 3
Am
(chorus) But Johnny's
alright he just
Em
turned out his lights
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They'd have paid it no mind
C
had he not been so bright
Am
He opened up his eyes and he
Em
snapped out of the groove
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He saw both sides of everything
move
Verse 4
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G
Now he reads a lot of poetry
C
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and plays
C
He'll sit out in the backyard
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G
C
F
And not say a word to anyone for days
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G
They no longer even bother
C
F
getting through
C
He's thirty-odd years years old
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G
They must have figured there's just so much
Interlude 2
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Am
G
C
Am
G
C
G
C
Verse 5
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His mother keeps his pictures
In the scrapbook in the
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She polishes the trophies
That he won back when they thought
C
Back when the girls liked Johnny
G
C
F
G
maybe Elton John
C
She wonders where's her little boy
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G
With the braces and the red
C
F
G
C
F
suspenders gone
G
Outro 1
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Gsus4
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Csus4
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F
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Csus4
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Csus4
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F
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