Poor Johnny — Robert Cray
Chords and lyrics for Poor Johnny by Robert Cray (key of Bm).
Intro
[Bm] [F#m] [Em] [A] [Em] [A] [Em] [A]
Verse 1
[Bm]Have a [F#m]seat and I'll [Em]tell you a tale[A]
It [Em]wasn't that [A]long [Em]ago[A]
About a [Bm]guy who turned [F#m]out to be a [Em]cheater got the [A]heater
So the [Em]story [A][Em]goes:[A]
[Bm]He tried the [F#m]playboy-thing on two [Em]friends
[A]Thinking that they'd [Em]never [A][Em]know.[A]
They [Bm]say he got [F#m]caught in a [Em]trap and it [A]snapped
He's not [Em]around [A][Em]anymore[A]
Chorus
Poor Johnny,
[D]He came home looking [F#m]cool one day,
[Bm]Just wasn't lucky to come [G]out that way
Once from the [D]left... then from the [F#m]right
They took him [Bm]down, late that [G]night.[A]
Verse 2
Now [Bm]everyone in [F#m]town knew he [Em]always played [A]around
But not a [Em]word was [A]said.[A][Em]
All the money [Bm]and the [F#m]clothes
And the [Em]cars that he [A]drove just kept his [Em]ego [A][Em]fed.[A]
To his [Bm]friends he was [F#m]king, 'cause he [Em]thought of [A]everything
Except his [Em]number [A][Em]one.[A]
She had the [Bm]kids and the [F#m]house, while [Em]he was always [A]out
Leaving his [Em]homework [A][Em]undone.[A]
Chorus
Poor Johnny,
[D]He came home looking [F#m]cool one day
[Bm]Just wasn't lucky to come [G]out that way
Once from the [D]left... then from the [F#m]right
They took him [Bm]down, late that [G]night.[A]
Verse 3
[A]Then one day his [F#m]luck ran out.
When number [Bm]two found a number and [F#m]called his house.
[A]Word on the street is that they [F#m]talked all night
They had to [A7]teach him a lesson
They had to [A7]make things right.
Chorus
Poor Johnny
[D]He came home looking [F#m]cool one day
[Bm]Just wasn't lucky to come [G]out that way
Once from the [D]left... then from the [F#m]right
They took him [Bm]down, late that [G]night.[A]
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