Johnny Got A Gun chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: B minorā€¢
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Johnny's mom
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and dad both worked long hours
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And they worked on the weekends too
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Johnny was 11, but they had no notion
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Of what Johnny was going through
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Johnny got pushed and
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Johnny got robbed
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And it made him feel chicken to run
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Big kids picked on Johnny every day
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'Til Johnny went and got him a
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gun
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Johnny got a gun, he didn't bring it home
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He covered it with rags and dirt
On his way to school,
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he looked both ways
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Then he hid it under his shirt
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Johnny was afraid of going
to school
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There was always trouble in the halls
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Fights in the boys' room,
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guns in the lockers
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Bm
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Little kids bouncing off the walls
Verse 3
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Johnny was afraid of dying young
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Everybody he knew had a gun
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So Johnny got a gun
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And every little thing looked
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cool
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Verse 4
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First time Johnny flashed his gun
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Everybody backed off fast
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Everybody treated him differently, then
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Johnny felt safe at last
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Johnny had a gun and everybody knew
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And everybody left him alone
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'Til he bumped a kid who was
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coming down the stairs
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And the kid had a gun of his own
Verse 5
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The kid pushed Johnny,
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Johnny went down
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Bm
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And the kid had something to say
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Pulled his gun, Johnny shot first
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And he blew the other kid away
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The police came and they
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took away the gun
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Said he wouldn't need a gun
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anymore
Took him to the station,
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sat him in a chair
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And his feet didn't reach the floor
Verse 6
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Johnny was afraid of dy ing young
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Everybody he knew had a gun
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So Johnny got a gun
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Bm
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And every little thing looked cool
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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Johnny had a hearing, plead self- defense
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Bm
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Prosecutor said, "No way"
Judge said, "You're 11, but
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you're killing like a man
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And it's gonna be a long,
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long stay"
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Johnny's mom and dad still
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work long hours
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D
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And knock on the unit door
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They sit with Johnny in the
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visitor's room
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And his feet don't reach the floor
Verse 8
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Johnny was afraid of dying young
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F#
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Everybody he knew had a gun
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So Johnny got a gun
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And every little thing looked cool
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And his feet don't reach the floor

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