Johnson Family chords by The Devil Makes Three

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Born to a good father I   have no excuse
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I could say I blame someone but
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what would be the use
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When I learn to travel now
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Dm 
is  when I learn to steal
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To ride without a ticket now
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E 
along the lines of steel
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Verse 2

Oh you don't know the

things I have seen

Twenty years out on the road with

the Johnson Family

Oh you don't know the

cages I have seen

Twenty years in and out of

the Johnson Family

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I'd harnessed
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Dm 
Am 
Dm 
stones and   took them to the fence
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I found my heart by moved the shop
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and always made the rent
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When I met old George now
Dm 
he  showed me to the box
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Fresh out the night oh from the
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Am 
day now the money never stops

Verse 4
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Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
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In and out over the years of
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E 
the Johnson Family
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Oh you can't know the
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troubles I have seen
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F 
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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Am 
Call me a thief and a liar now you
Dm 
know you would be right
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Am 
Straight as an arrow I sit here tonight
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Am 
E 
All my debts too heavy boys
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Dm 
I cannot pay them down
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I pawn my watch and take a walk
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E 
down to the sea to drown
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Verse 6
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Oh you can't know the
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things I have seen
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C 
Twenty years out on the road
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E 
with the Johnson Family
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Oh you can't know the
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cages I have seen
C 
Twenty years out on the road
F 
E 
with the Johnson Family