Key: D major•
Intro 1
G
A
Bm
G
A
G
A
Bm
G
A
Bm
A
G
A
Bm
Verse 1
Verse 3
D
G
All the boys were spottin' for a fight
Em
G
Big Joe, he was ridin' high
Smacked out of his brand
Em
D
G
some heads that night
Waitin' down in the lane
Johnny, he was scared and
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F#m
feelin' cold
D
G
Big Joe just up and
Em
D
That's the way the story's told
Em
A
Bm
just 16, trying to find his way.
G
Gm
You found out that to be a man,
it ain't what you say,
A
Bm
I'm trying to do your best.
he turned twenty -one
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F#m
Raided in his switchblade for a bone
Em
G
They said it was a man's life
Em
D
And being paid with a phone
But when Johnny killed his first man
He realized and shared
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D
That the army's claim to
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F#m
justice wasn't true
F#m
Em
D
it ain't what you said, but you do
Em
A
Bm
Just sixteen, tryin' to find his way
G
Gm
You found out that to be a man,
it's what you do
A
Bm
when you're trying to do your way.
Johnny came of age
Found the strength to make
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Em
He refused to fire until a crowd
Em
D
Locked up on remand
Branded coward and traitor
And forsaken by his friends
His court -martial
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F#m
Was merciless an d tiny
D
G
D
G
Johnny learned
A
Bm
Just sixteen, trying to find his way.
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Bm
It's you do and tryin' to do your best
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A
It's what you do and
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A
It's what you do and tryin'
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Bm
trying to do his best
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A
They'll lock Johnny up,
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A
They'll lock Johnny up,
Outro 1
Better than regrets
Bm
F#m
Bm
Better than regrets
Bm
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG A Bm D Em...
G
A
Bm
D
Em
F#m
Gm
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