Jerry the junker chords by Guy Forsyth

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Em
G
Dm
A
D#dim
B
D
C#m
C

Verse 1
Em 
I just got off the road with the
Asylum
Street
Spankers. I went out for
about a
month with them.
G 
Em 
We got to play here a little bit.
Right now we're gonna do this
Dm 
song.
A 
A song about one of the greatest,
Em 
greatest of the
D#dim 
American folk heroes.
Em 
D#dim 
Em 
B 
Em 
A 
Em 
You heard about
Manny the
Mooch and
Annabelle
Smokey
Joe
B 
Well gather round I'll tell you people
Em 
about a boy that you should know
Folks all call him
Jerry the
Junker
Dowdy
Chinatown
B 
He's deep, dumb, blind and lame,
A 
but really kicks the gong around
D#dim 
Oh,
Em 
Jerry the
Junker,
B 
Jerry the
Junker
Em 
B 
A 
All raggedy clothes and all torn shoes
Em 
How that boy can't sing the blues
Everything just seems to ease
From
Jerry the
Junker,
Jerry the
D#dim 
B 
Em 
Junker
They took him to the jury,
B 
they sentenced him to die
He turned around, laughed out loud,
D#dim 
Em 
straight in that judge's  eye
They strapped him to the electric chair,
B 
it was time for him to die
Ten thousand votes shot through him,
the boy didn't bat an eye
Oh,
Em 
Jerry the
Junker,
B 
Jerry the
D#dim 
Junker
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
Oh raggedy clothes and aughts on shoes
Oh how that boy can sing the blues
Everything just seems to use from
Terry the
Junker
Terry the
Junker
B 
Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
Em 
Rap -bop -bop -bop -di -de -dap -dap
Skid -a -skat -ska -skidoo -ba -doo
-ba -da -ba -da -da -di -dap
Ba -ba -da -ba -di -da -da -da -da

Verse 2
-ba -ba -da -di -da -da -da -da
Em 
They tried and tried a thousand
times
So they heard that warden cry
B 
What's the use?
Cut off that juice
Em 
My electric bill's too high
They tried and tried a thousand ways
Just to bump him off
B 
Till one fine day he passed away
Em 
He died from the whooping cough
Huh!
Jerry the
Junker
B 
Jerry the
Junker
Em 
All raggedy clothes
B 
And all torn shoes
Em 
How that boy can't sing the blues
D 
C#m 
C 
Everything just seemed to
is from
B 
Jerry the
Em 
Junker, from
B 
Jerry the
Em 
G 
Em 
Junker.
in the bags and the bones in
the box today.
We'll be right back
after these important messages.
George
Rary, ladies and gentlemen.
My name's
Guy
Forsythe.