johnny ace is dead

johnny ace is dead easy guitar chords by Dave Alvin

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Em

  • A

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • A

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Down 
    in 
    Houston, 

    Texas 
    on 
    a Christmas 
    night 

    With 
    gun 
    in his 
    hand 
    and 

    his 
    name 
    up 
    in 
    lights 

    He 
    was 
    young 
    and 
    handsome, 

    the Prince 
    of 
    the 
    Blues 

    In 
    a sharkskin 
    suit 
    and 
    alligator 
    shoes 

    He 
    was 
    flirting 
    with 
    some 
    women 

    who 
    had 
    come 
    backstage 

    He said, 
    "Ladies, 

    want to 
    see 
    me 
    play 
    a wild 
    little 
    game?" 

    But 
    Big 
    Mama 
    Thornton 
    said, 

    "Go 
    sing 
    Your Song 

    And 
    put 
    that 
    damn 
    thing 
    down 

    before 
    something 
    goes 
    wrong" 

    Big 
    Mama 
    Verse 2
    cried, 

    "Dear 
    Lord," 
    Big 
    Mama 
    said, 

    He put 
    22 pistol 
    right 

    up 
    to 
    his head 

    Then 
    he smiled 
    at 
    the ladies 

    Now 
    Johnny 
    Ace 
    is 
    dead 

    Verse 3

    The 
    band 
    leader 
    set 
    his 
    saxophone 
    down 

    And 
    said, 
    "I 
    think 
    I better 
    split 
    before 

    the cops 
    come 
    'round" 

    While 
    the 
    crowd 
    in the 
    theater 

    slowly 
    drifted 
    away 

    With 
    their 
    heads 
    hung 
    low, 

    not 
    sure 
    of 
    what 
    to 
    say 

    But 
    Big 
    Don 
    Robey, 

    the 
    record 
    company 
    man 

    With 
    big 
    diamond 
    rings 
    on 

    both 
    of 
    his 
    hands 

    Said, 
    "I'm 
    gonna 
    send 
    him 
    back 

    to Memphis 
    in a refrigerated 
    truck 

    Cause 
    Johnny 
    Ace is 
    gonna 

    Verse 4
    make 
    me 
    million 
    bucks." 

    Big 
    Mama 
    cried, 

    "Dear 
    Lord," 
    Big 
    Mama 
    said, 

    He 
    put 
    22 pistol 
    right 
    up 
    to 
    his head 

    Then 
    he smiled 
    at 
    the ladies 

    Now 
    Johnny 
    Ace 
    is 
    dead 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 5
    When Johnny 
    came 
    home 
    to 
    Memphis, 

    Tennessee 

    Everyone 
    on 
    Beale 
    Street 
    came 
    out 
    to 
    see 

    There were 
    pimps 
    and gamblers, 

    husbands 
    and wives, 

    Women 
    young 
    and 
    old 
    all 

    came 
    to 
    say 
    goodbye 

    And as 
    the 
    choirs 
    sand 
    and 

    the 
    preachers 
    prayed 

    Five 
    thousand 
    mourners 

    marched 
    him 
    to 
    his 
    grave 

    Well, 
    there may 
    be 
    Heaven 

    and there may 
    be 
    Hell, 

    No 
    one 
    knows 
    for sure 
    but 
    now 

    Johnny 
    Ace 
    knows 
    damn 
    well. 

    Verse 6
    Big 
    Mama 
    cried, 

    "Dear 
    Lord," 
    Big 
    Mama 
    said, 

    He 
    put 
    22 pistol 
    right 
    up 
    to 
    his head 

    Then 
    he smiled 
    at 
    the ladies 

    Outro 1
    Now 
    Johnny 
    Ace 
    is 
    dead 



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