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James Mcmurtry
James Mcmurtry

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Intro 1
C
Csus4
G
C
F

C
Csus4
C

Verse 1
C

Young Johnny,
G
C
F
C

he really had a way
F

He did his homework on the school bus
G
C
F

And he always got an A
C

And the girls liked Johnny
F

More than anyone 'cept
G
C
F

maybe Elton John
C

Later on in high school
F
G

He couldn't keep his red
C
F
G
Am

suspenders on

(chorus)
G

Oh where's Johnny has
C
Am

he gone away
G

Oh where's Johnny will he

be back someday
C
Verse 2
F

C

He had a room full of trophies
F

From the track meets and the
G
C
F

tennis games he'd win
C

He was a full-blown whiz whiz kid
F
G
C
F

Bound to be a Renaissance man
C

Then he went on off to college
F

Got his head stuck in a dif
G
C
F

ferent state of mind
C

When they asked him was it alcohol?
F
G
C

He told them it was nothing of the kind
F
G
C

Just life … just life,
Interlude 1

mom
F
G
Am
G
C

Am
G
C

Csus4
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C

F

Verse 3
Am

(chorus) But Johnny's

alright he just
Em

turned out his lights
F

They'd have paid it no mind
C

had he not been so bright
Am

He opened up his eyes and he
Em

snapped out of the groove
F

He saw both sides of everything
G

and found he could not

move
Verse 4
C

Johnny moved home
F
G

Now he reads a lot of poetry
C
F

and plays
C

He'll sit out in the backyard
F
G
C
F

And not say a word to anyone for days
C

And his folks gave up
F
G

They no longer even bother
C
F

getting through
C

He's thirty-odd years years old
F
G

They must have figured there's just so much
C

you can do
Interlude 2
F
Am
G
C

Am
G
C
G

C

Verse 5
C

His mother keeps his pictures

In the scrapbook in the
F

drawer with her pearls
C

She polishes the trophies

That he won back when they thought
F

he'd save the world
C

Back when the girls liked Johnny
F

More than anyone 'cept
G
C
F
G

maybe Elton John
C

She wonders where's her little boy
F
G

With the braces and the red
C
F
G
C
F

suspenders gone
G

C

Just life …
Outro 1
F
Gsus4
G
C
Csus4
C

F
C
Csus4

C
Csus4
C
F
C

F
C
F
C

F
C
C

F


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  • Csus4

  • G

  • F

  • Am

  • Em

  • Gsus4

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