View Guitar Chords for Wheres johnny - chords ver. 1
Chords used: C F Am G (intro) C F C F C F (verse)C Young FJohnny, he really had a Cway, F He did his Chomework on the schoolbus and he Falways got an AC. FAnd the Cgirls liked Johnny more than Fanyone 'cept maybe Elton CJohn. F CLater on in high school he Fcouldn't keep his red suspenders Con. F(chorus)Am Oh, where's GJohnny, has he gone aCway Am Oh, where's GJohnny, will he be baCck someday.(verse) He had a room full of trophies From the track meets and the tennis games he'd win. He was a full blown wiz-kid an' he's bound to be a renaissance man. Then he went on off to college Got his head stuck in a different state of mind When they asked him was it alcohol He told them it was nothin' of the kind. Just life. Just life, Mom. (chorus) Oh, where's Johnny, has he gone away Oh, where's Johnny, will he be back someday. (break)Ah but AmJohnny's alright, he just Gturned out his lights They'd have Fpaid it no mind had he Cnot been so bright.He Amopened up his eyes, and he Gsnapped out of the groove He saw Fboth sides of everything and he Cfound he could not move.(verse) Johnny moved home now he reads a lot of poetry and plays He'll sit out in the backyard and not say a word to anyone for days. And his folks gave up, they no longer even bother gettin' through. Hell he's thirty odd years old They must have figured there's just so much you can do. (instrumental) Am G C Am G C (verse) His mother keeps his pictures In the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls She polishes the trophies That he won back when they thought he'd save the world Back when the girls liked Johnny More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John She wonder's where's her little boy With the braces and the red suspenders gone. Just life. Just life, Mom. Just life. Just life, Mom. Just life.