WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Robert Cray - Poor Johnny Bass | Ver. 1
Key signature: Bm
Tuning: E A D G
Chords: F+m / Em / A / Bm / G / D
Intro: 00:01
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Verse1: 00:20
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ave a seat and I'll tell you a tale
It wasn't that long ago..
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About a guy who turned out to be a cheater got the heater
So the story goes:
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He tried the playboy-thing on two friends
Thinking that they'd never know.
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They say he got caught in a trap and it snapped
He's not around anymore...
Oh Johnny...
Chorus1: 00:57
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He came home looking cool one day,
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
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Once from the left... then from the right
They took him down, late that night.
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Verse2: 01:22
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Now everyone in town knew he always played around
But not a word was said.
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All the money and the clothes,
And the cars that he drove just kept his ego fed.
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To his friends he was king,
Cause he thought of everything
Except his number one.
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She had the kids and the house,
While he was always out
Leaving his homework undone.
Oh Johnny...
Chorus2: 02:00
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He came home looking cool one day,
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
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Once from the left... then from the right
They took him down, late that night.
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Bridge: 02:27 ... Key board
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Then one day his luck ran out.
When number two found a number and called his house.
Word on the street is that they talked all night
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They had to teach him a lesson,
They had to make things right.
Instrumental: 02:45 (play x4)
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Oh Johnny...
Chorus3: 03:22
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He came home looking cool one day,
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
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Once from the left... then from the right
They took him down, late that night.
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Chorus4: 03:44
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He came home looking cool one day,
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
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Once from the left... then from the right
They took him down, late that night.
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Oh Johnny...
Outro: 04:10 Instrumental (play XXX til fade out)
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Oh Johnny,
Poor Johnny,
Poor Johnny,
Poor Johnny,
Poor Johnny,
End: 04:59
