Johnny Rotten chords by
Overtime

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Verse 1
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Johnny had
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a dream he could change the world
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But Johnny was rotten
Like that time at nine when
G G 
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he was shopliftin'
And the cops they brought him
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back to Mama's house
Where his ass was beat
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He was told to speak but he
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ain't say nothin'
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Had the heart of a dreamer
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In his mind it was coming
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Now people told Johnny
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he was up to no good
Lost in notebooks
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He never said nothin' but he
thought he so should
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Johnny was a dreamer but he
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broke their rulebooks
And he never would change
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Johnny got older
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The more they picked on, the more
he lashed out, the more he soldiered
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And he harbored that pain and he
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took it to his heart
And he wrote it all down
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In that old notebook with the
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rest of his scars
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Till one day Johnny took the pages out
And he started that fire at his
Mama's house
And he watched them burn
till the flame was out
And he thought for sure
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that he had made it out
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But Johnny had a dream,
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Johnny had a dream
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Johnny had a dream and
God was watchin'
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So he grabbed a notebook
and he started jottin'
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Till Johnny had a way that
he could make it out
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Put it on his mind he could take it out
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Tell him that he couldn't
he would knock you out
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Johnny had a dream and he

Verse 2
sought it out
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Johnny had a radio and heard
all of them songs
Turned and told his Mama one
day she would sing along
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He had big, dreams
C C 
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He had big, dreams
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One day Johnny overheard his
Papa sing along
He turned and told his Daddy one
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C C 
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day he would write them songs
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F F 
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He had big, dreams
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Am Am 
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He had big, dreams
Johnny had a radio and heard
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all of them songs
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Turned and told his Mama one
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day she would sing along
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He had big, dreams
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G G 
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He had big, dreams
Am Am 
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One day Johnny overheard his
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papa sing along
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He turned and told his daddy one
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day he would write them songs
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G G 
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He had big, dreams
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G G 
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He had big, dreams

Verse 3
Am Am 
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Now Johnny got tired of the 9 to 5s
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And he wasn't no good
as a drug dealer
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So he dusted off them old notebooks
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And he wrote so dope with no filler
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Now Johnny's on the road
with his own live band
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Tryin' to make it 'round the world,
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make his old man proud
Now the crowd goes wild
when he hits that stage
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And he drops to his knees when he
hears those screams
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Cause Johnny had a dream,
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Johnny had a dream
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Johnny had a dream and he
made it happen
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Am Am 
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He ain't take no shit
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from the people laughin'
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He ain't never had a doubt
he would find a way
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He just took a longer route
he can finally say
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He ain't never had to sign his soul away
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G G 
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He's a self made man
from around the way
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Now Johnny is a man now,
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Johnny is a man now
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Johnny is a man now he ain't
took a handout
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Livin' in the right now,
never put the mic down
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Tell him he should pipe down,
you gonna find a fight now
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He ain't never turn down,
never gonna back down
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Johnny's on a roll and he's
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rollin' wit' the top down
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Doin' what they thought he would not,
in his life now
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Johnny had a dream, Johnny had a dream
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Johnny had a dream with the radio
That he could sing those
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songs in the studio
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That he'll be heard by the
world in a matter of time
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To hear his mama and his daddy
come play it with pride
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Lost in the world and a moment of time
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G G 
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But he's back now better
known as Overtime!

Verse 4
Am Am 
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Johnny had a radio and heard
all of them songs
Turned and told his Mama one
day she would sing along
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He had big, dreams
C C 
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He had big, dreams
Am Am 
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One day Johnny overheard
his Papa sing along
He turned and told his Daddy one
C C 
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day he would write them songs
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F F 
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He had big, dreams
G G 
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He had big, dreams
Am Am 
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Johnny had a radio and heard
G G 
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all of them songs
Am Am 
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Turned and told his Mama one
G G 
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day she would sing along
F F 
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He had big, dreams
C C 
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G G 
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He had big, dreams
Am Am 
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One day Johnny overheard his
G G 
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papa sing along
Am Am 
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He turned and told his daddy one
G G 
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day he would write them songs
F F 
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G G 
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He had big, dreams
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He had big, dreams

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