Johnny Got A Gun
Johnny Got A Gun

Johnny Got A Gun easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Johnny's 
    mom 

    and dad 
    both 
    worked 
    long 
    hours 

    And they 
    worked 
    on the 
    weekends 
    too 

    Johnny 
    was 
    11, but they 
    had 
    no 
    notion 

    Of what 
    Johnny 
    was 
    going 
    through 

    Johnny 
    got 
    pushed 
    and 

    Johnny 
    got 
    robbed 

    And 
    it 
    made 
    him feel 
    chicken 
    to 
    run 

    Big 
    kids 
    picked 
    on 
    Johnny 
    every 
    day 

    'Til 
    Johnny 
    went 
    and got 
    him 
    a 

    gun 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    Johnny 
    got 
    a gun, 
    he 
    didn't 
    bring it 
    home 

    He 
    covered 
    it with 
    rags 
    and 
    dirt 

    On his 
    way to school, 

    he 
    looked both 
    ways 

    Then he 
    hid 
    it 
    under 
    his shirt 

    Johnny 
    was 
    afraid 
    of 
    going 

    to 
    school 

    There was 
    always 
    trouble 
    in the 
    hall
    s 

    Fights 
    in 
    the 
    boys' room, 

    guns 
    in the 
    lockers 

    Little 
    kids 
    bouncing 
    off the 
    walls 

    Verse 3
    Johnny 
    was 
    afraid 
    of 
    dying 
    young 

    Everybody 
    he 
    knew 
    had 
    a gun 

    So Johnny 
    got 
    a gun 

    And 
    every 
    little 
    thing 
    looked 

    cool 

    Verse 4

    First 
    time 
    Johnny 
    flashed 
    his 
    gun 

    Everybody 
    backed 
    off 
    fast 

    Everybody 
    treated 
    him 
    differently, 
    then 

    Johnny 
    felt 
    safe 
    at 
    last 

    Johnny 
    had 
    a gun 
    and 
    everybody 
    knew 

    And 
    everybody 
    left 
    him alone 

    'Til he 
    bumped 
    a 
    kid 
    who was 

    coming 
    down the 
    stairs 

    And the 
    kid 
    had 
    a 
    gun 
    of his 
    own 

    Verse 5
    The 
    kid 
    pushed 
    Johnny, 

    Johnny 
    went 
    down 

    And the 
    kid 
    had something 
    to 
    say 

    Pulled 
    his 
    gun, 
    Johnny 
    shot 
    first 

    And he 
    blew the 
    other 
    kid 
    away 

    The 
    police 
    came 
    and they 

    took 
    away the 
    gun 

    Said he 
    wouldn't 
    need a 
    gun 

    any
    more 

    Took him 
    to the 
    station, 

    sat 
    him in a 
    chair 

    And his 
    feet 
    didn't 
    reach 
    the floor 

    Verse 6
    Johnny 
    was 
    afraid 
    of 
    dy
    ing 
    young 

    Everybody 
    he knew 
    had 
    a gun 

    So Johnny 
    got 
    a gun 

    And every 
    little 
    thing 
    looked 
    cool 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 7

    Johnny 
    had 
    a hearing, 
    plead 
    self- 
    defense 

    Pro
    secutor 
    said, 
    "No 
    way" 

    Judge 
    said, 
    "You're 
    11, but 

    you're 
    killing 
    like 
    a man 

    And 
    it's 
    gonna 
    be a 
    long, 

    long 
    stay" 

    Johnny's 
    mom 
    and dad 
    still 

    work 
    long 
    hours 

    And knock 
    on the 
    unit 
    door 

    They sit 
    with 
    Johnny 
    in the 

    visitor's 
    room 

    And his 
    feet 
    don't 
    reach 
    the floor 

    Verse 8
    Johnny 
    was 
    afraid 
    of 
    dying 
    young 

    Everybody 
    he knew 
    had 
    a gun 

    So Johnny 
    got 
    a gun 

    And every 
    little 
    thing 
    looked 
    cool 

    And his 
    feet 
    don't 
    reach 
    the floor 

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