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Turn It on Turn It on Turn It on easy guitar chords by Tom T. Hall

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  • Verse 1
    Johnny 
    got 
    up 
    one 
    morning; he 

    went 
    down 
    to 
    the company 
    store 

    Got 
    him 
    a big 
    box 
    of 
    bullets 

    to fit 
    into 
    his 
    .44 

    The store 
    man 
    said, 
    "Son, 

    are you 
    gonna 
    work? 
    You know 
    you 
    owe 
    me 
    too 
    much 
    to stop." 

    John 
    said, 
    "I 
    got 
    a little 
    work
    in' 
    to do 

    but 
    I ain't 
    goin' 
    by 
    your 
    clock." 

    People 
    said 
    John 
    was 
    a slacker, 

    'cause 
    he 
    wouldn't 
    fight 
    in their 
    war 

    man 
    wasn't 
    much 
    if 
    he 
    wouldn't 

    fight 
    back 
    in 
    1940 and 

    The doc
    tor 
    said 
    John 
    was 
    just 
    too 
    sick 
    to 
    go, 

    but 
    the people 
    said 
    that 
    he 
    was 
    a cow
    ard 

    And 
    one 
    of 
    the men 
    makin' 
    fun 
    of 
    him 
    was 

    a fel
    low 
    named 
    Milton 
    Howard 

    Milton 
    was 
    down 
    at the 
    cold 
    spring, 

    a- 
    drinkin' 
    from 
    a mason 
    jar 

    He 
    said, 
    "John, 
    you 
    better 
    get 
    yourself 
    to work 

    or you're 
    gonna 
    fool 
    around 
    'til 
    you 
    get 
    fired." 

    John 
    blew 
    the dust 
    from 
    his old 
    .44, put 

    two 
    holes 
    in 
    Milton's 
    head 

    When 
    Johnny 
    walked 
    off 
    to 
    get some 
    more 
    shootin' 
    done, 

    that ol' 
    cold 
    spring 
    was 
    a- 
    runnin' 
    red 

    Next 
    guy 
    he 
    met 
    was 
    Stigall boy, 

    and 
    the boy 
    had 
    a hammer 
    in 
    his 
    hand 

    John 
    said 
    "Son, 
    you 
    should've 
    built 
    yourself 
    a box, 

    'cause 
    you're 
    headed 
    for 
    the Promised 
    Land." 

    Stigall fell 
    down 
    to 
    his knees 
    to pray, 

    and he 
    cried 
    "Lord, 
    Johnny 
    please 
    don't 
    shoot!" 

    Be
    fore 
    he 
    got 
    halfway 
    to saying 
    "A
    men", 

    well old 
    Johnny 
    shot 
    him 
    out 
    of 
    his 
    boots 

    Word 
    went 
    out 
    through 
    the county, 

    that 
    old 
    John 
    had 
    lost 
    his 
    head 

    The 
    people 
    were 
    runnin' 
    and 
    screamin'; there 

    were seven 
    of 
    'em lyin' 
    there 
    dead 

    Johnny 
    hid 
    out 
    in 
    farmhouse; he 

    had 
    sat
    isfaction 
    in 
    his 
    eye

    He 
    said 
    "I know 
    they're 
    coming 
    to 
    get 
    me, 
    boys, 

    but 
    they ain't 
    a- gonna 
    take 
    me 
    alive." 

    People 
    gathered 
    'round 
    that old 
    farmhouse; it was 

    the 
    relat
    ives 
    of 
    all 
    them 
    dead 

    Now 
    John 
    said, 
    "If the 
    sheriff 
    comes 
    through 
    that 
    door 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    fill 
    him 
    plumb 
    full 
    of 
    lead." 

    The sheriff 
    kicked 
    down 
    that old 
    farmhouse 
    door, 

    but 
    old 
    John's 
    gun 
    would not 
    shoot 

    Johnny 
    just 
    smiled 
    at 
    the sheriff 
    and 
    said, 

    "The Lord 
    must 
    think 
    a lot 
    of 
    you." 

    They 
    took 
    old 
    John 
    to the 
    jailhouse; he 

    entered 
    in 
    a guilty 
    plea 

    The judge 
    said 
    death 
    in 
    the 
    electric 
    chair, 

    'cause 
    it's murder 
    in 
    the first 
    degree 

    John's 
    last 
    meal 
    was 
    a lot 
    of 
    fried 
    chicken, 

    cold 
    beans 
    and 
    baby 
    squash 

    He 
    ate 
    every 
    bite 
    that 
    they 
    brought 
    him, 

    then he 
    smiled 
    and 
    said, "I 
    thank 
    you all 
    a lot." 

    They 
    put 
    old 
    John 
    in 
    the 
    electric 
    chair; 

    they 
    shaved 
    his 
    ankles 
    and his 
    head 

    The 
    preacher 
    said, 
    "Son, 
    have 
    you got 
    something 
    to 

    say; in 
    a minute 
    you're 
    a- 
    gonna 
    be 
    dead." 

    John 
    said, 
    "I 
    ain't 
    no 
    coward, 

    and 
    the 
    people 
    know 
    that 
    won't 
    run
    ." 

    Then 
    Johnny 
    smiled 
    up 
    at 
    the warden 
    and 
    said, 

    "Turn 
    it on, 
    turn 
    it on, 
    turn 
    it on!" 


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