Johnny On The Spot chords by Hank Thompson
Verse 1
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Em
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Johnny on the spot,
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Johnny on the spot
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Em
Stop on a dime, all the time,
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Johnny on the spot
Now around the house when
I was a boy
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I used to help out a lot
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E
Mom and Dad both called me their
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Johnny on the spot
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Now the other kids were jealous,
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no spankings I've never got
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And anytime I was needed,
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I was Johnny on the spot.
When it came to sports,
I was really a horse.
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I could run and kick and pass.
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I could hit a basket from 20 feet.
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With a track team, I was fast.
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Who do you think in the championship
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came up with a home run shot?
With two men out
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and the bottom of the ninth,
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I'm Johnny on the spot.
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Johnny on the spot.
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Johnny on the spot.
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Em
All alone in the old men's home.
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Johnny on the spot.
Then in my early manhood
C
I joined the U .S. Marines
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E
I volunteered for overseas
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and they sent me to the Philippines
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G
Then I was captured by the enemy
C
when the fighting was a -getting hot
They said, you're gonna
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E
get that firing squad,
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G
man, I was Johnny on the spot
Now the war was over
in the nick of time
C
when I saw our boys run
G
On my back to the wall
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I had a close call,
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D
I was glad to get out there alive
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Then they handed out the medals,
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there was two or three I got
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I was in the parade when the
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truce was made,
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old Johnny on the spot
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Johnny on the spot,
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Johnny on the spot
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Hangin' there tough when
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the going was rough,
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C
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old Johnny on the spot
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Then the counter got to be around,
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laid around all day
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Hung out down at the pool hall
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and drew my unemployment pay
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Ab
With nothing to lose,
I took to the booze
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and honky -tonked a lot
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And guess who married the
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queen of clubs,
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old Johnny on the spot?
We didn't hit it off too well,
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she was meaner than a bucket of snakes
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She got herself a lawyer,
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said, you're gonna pay
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for your mistakes
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Here I am in an old jailhouse,
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sleepin' it out on the cot
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The banks don't lend that alimony money
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to Johnny on the spot
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Johnny on the spot, Johnny on the spot
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From matrimony to ali mony,
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Johnny on the spot
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Johnny On The Spot
Hank Thompson
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