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Chords to Johnnie by Swear and Shake

We've been getting a few email requests for chords for our tune "Johnnie." I hope this makes things easier! I'm only going to paste the basics here, there's too much extra pizazz to tab out. There's a capo on one, putting the studio version in Db. Here are the chords:

VERSE

C

Johnnie all your hundred songs

F

learned them on the guitar

C

played them in the mirror

G

pretended they were mine

C

Johnnie what a knack for words

F

each one cuts me deeper

C

strong enough to make you near

G E7

when you're far away

CHORUS

Am B/G C

Johnnie is your suitcase tight?

F

you say goodbye to no one

C

leave a mess of paper

G E7

and make way for the coast

Am B/G C

Honey all your bridges burned

F

should you find your boots worn

C

I will patch your soles

G

if you swear you'll walk with me

Then the verse chords repeat:

Johnnie, I could be your queen
No more nights of long dreams
You could be the stronger man
To sleeps between these sheets
But never with your lips sewn shut
I can only do so much
Won't lift a finger
'Til you show me where it hurts

CHORUS

BRIDGE

C F Gaug

It's the way I'm gonna love you

C F E7
It's the way I'm gonna love you

Am
It's the way I'm gonna love you

Am/G#
The only way I know to

G D7
And I'll lay my candid loving on the line

F Gaug C
It's the way I'm gonna love you