Johnny Wants To Be A Star chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now every day I'd
see him out on the front porch
With the guitar across his lap
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He'd be sittin' there diggin'
that transistor radio
Figurin' all them hit songs out
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While the other kids
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would sit around and wait on sticks
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Till Johnny got his guitar
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down and he'd hit
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Cause that's the way Johnny
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used to get his kicks
Tryin' to figure out some new
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heart and licks
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Little Johnny wants to be a star
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Little Johnny wants to be a star
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All he wants to do is sing a little song
And play music on a fine guitar
You hear him going
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Mm -hmm, mm -hmm
Mm -hmm, mm -hmm
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Deep in there, Johnny
Now every time a show
would come to town,
you'd find Johnny on
the front row seat
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He'd be sittin' there
starin' all misty -eyed,
never missin' one single beat
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And when the show was over
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he would go straight home,
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get his guitar down
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and he would play it till dawn
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Dreamin' of a time when
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he'd be grown
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and someday have a show of his own
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Little Johnny wants to be a star,
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Little Johnny wants to be a star
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All he wants to do is sing a little song
and make music on a fine guitar
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D

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You hear him going, mm -hmm,
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mm -hmm, mm -hmm
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One day he picked up his
songs and his guitar
He kissed his little mama goodbye
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He drove to New York City
to see a record producer
Asking if he'd give him a try
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And so they took him to the studio,
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they turned him loose
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And when he started singing
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and playing the blues
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He saw him breathing inside
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that control room booth
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Yes, everybody knew the truth
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Little Johnny's gonna be a star
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Little Johnny's gonna be a star
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At last he's singing a big hit song
And making music on a fine guitar
They heard him going,
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mm -hmm, mm -hmm.
Show them, Johnny.
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