wheres johnny

Lời & hợp âm

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Young [C]Johnny,
he [G]really had [C]a way[F][C]
He did his homework on [F]the school bus
And he [G]always got [C]an A[F]
And [C]the girls liked Johnny
More than [F]anyone 'cept
[G]maybe Elton [C]John[F]
[C]Later on in high school
He could[F]n't keep [G]his red
suspenders [C]on[F][G][Am]
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Oh where's [G]Johnny has
he gone [C]away[Am]
Oh where's [G]Johnny will he
be back someday
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[Verse 2]
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He had [C]a room full of trophies
From [F]the track meets and the
[G]tennis games he'd [C]win[F]
He was [C]a full-blown whiz whiz kid
[F]Bound to be [G]a Renaissance [C]man[F]
Then [C]he went on off to college
Got his [F]head stuck in a dif
[G]ferent state [C]of mind[F]
When they [C]asked him was it alcohol?
[F]He told them it was [G]nothing of the [C]kind
Just [F]life [G]… j[C]ust life,

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[Verse 3]
(chorus) [Am]But Johnny's
alright he just
[Em]turned out his lights
They'd have [F]paid it no mind
had [C]he not been so bright
He [Am]opened up his eyes and he
[Em]snapped out of the groove
He saw [F]both sides of everything
and [G]found he could not
move

[Verse 4]
[C]Johnny moved home
Now he [F]reads a lot of [G]poetry
and [C]plays[F]
[C]He'll sit out in the backyard
And not [F]say [G]a word to anyone [C]for days[F]
And [C]his folks gave up
They no [F]longer even [G]bother
getting [C]through[F]
He's [C]thirty-odd years years old
They must have [F]figured there's just [G]so much
you can [C]do

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[Verse 5]
His [C]mother keeps his pictures
In the scrapbook in the
drawer with [F]her pearls
She [C]polishes the trophies
That he won back when they thought
he'd save the [F]world
Back when [C]the girls liked Johnny
More than [F]anyone 'cept
[G]maybe Elton [C]John[F][G]
She [C]wonders where's her little boy
With the [F]braces and [G]the red
suspenders [C]gone[F][G][C][F]
[G]
[C]Just life …

[Outro 1]
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