johnny chords by Silverhead
Intro 1
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Johnny
Verse 1
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was raised in the city
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and in that he rejoiced
And the lovers he chose
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didn't have no choice
And the lies that he told
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didn't lose him no sleep
And he knew he was a killer
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on a winning streak
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Is there any way for a man to live
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When he's given all that
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he had to give
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Wasn't it strange that he
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wanted to die
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Wasn't it strange that nobody cried
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Come winter of sixty -five
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He wasn't working the racetrack
He bet everything he had,
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even the shirt on his friend's back
Got a tip about the horse
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from Gino the gorilla
Was the beginning of the end
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for our bold young killer
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Is there any way for a man to live
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When he's given all that
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he had to give
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Wasn't it strange that he
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wanted to die?
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Wasn't it strange that nobody
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cried?
Gina was lonin' and Johnny,
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he owed a lot of bread
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And he remembered what
the boys had told him
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And Johnny fled
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They found him in the East River
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With a bullet in his eye
And Johnny was free
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at the age of twenty -five
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Is there any way for a man to live
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When he's given all that
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D
he had to give
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Wasn't it strange that he
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wanted to die
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Wasn't it strange that
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nobody cried?
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Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
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Is there any way for a man to live
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When he's given all that he
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had to give?
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C
Wasn't it strange that he wanted
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to have been dead?
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Wasn't it strange?
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Nobody cried for this poor boy
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Is that any way for a man to live?
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When he's given all that he had to give
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Lordy, lordy, gave all he had
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Wasn't it strange that he
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wanted to die?
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War's on its way, that nobody cries
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