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