Jim Johnson chords by Porter Wagoner

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The past  (G major) ten years just  (D major) flashed before
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my  (G major) eyes I re (A major) member the day  (E major) my daddy  (A major) died
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He left mom  (D major) four boys and
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 (C major) three- year old Ginny  (G major) Lou
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She got sick and we  (D major) almost lost  (G major) her too
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Times were rough  (D major) even when dad  (G major) was here
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but thing (A major) s got worse  (E major) year after year  (A major) 
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Six  (D major) years ago  (C major) mom married again  (G major) and
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that's when our troubles  (D major) really began  (G major) 
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Jim Johnson was the  (D major) name of our step-  (G major) pa
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he was  (A major) the meanest man  (E major) I'd ever  (A major) saw
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He mistreated  (D major) mom and  (C major) all of us  (G major) kids and I swore
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some day  (D major) he'd pay each time  (G major) he did
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Never had enough clothes for  (E flat major) school but we'd go
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we'd go  (B flat major) home early  (F major) because of snow  (B flat major) 
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And al (E flat major) most freeze to death  (D flat major) 
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fore we got  (A flat major) there
Jim bought booze instead of
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 (E flat major) shoes for us  (A flat major) to  wear
One summer we found six
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 (E flat major) kittens with our old  (A flat major) cat
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Jim  (B flat major) made us put 'em
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all  (F major) in a gunny sack  (B flat major) 
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And throw  (E flat major) 'em in the
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river  (D flat major) with rocks inside  (A flat major) 
Jim just stood there and laughed
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 (E flat major) while we  (A flat major) all cried  (A major) 
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Jim started  (E major) watchin' Ginny Lou  (A major) when
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she just turned thirteen  (B major) 
Then late one night I heard Ginny scream
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 (E major) I  run and got the shot (D major) gun
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and grabbed a shell  (A major) 
And I pulled the trigger
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and Jim  (E major) Johnson fell  (A major) 
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I knew that  (E major) someday it would come  (A major) to this
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 (B major) I  knew that he'd try to put
his hands on sis
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When  (E major) people hear my story  (D major) 
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they'll under (A major) stand
They'll know that what I
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killed  (E major) was not a  (A major) man
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They'll know Jim  (E major) Johnson was not  (A major) a man