Saturday, June 11, 2011

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

3 comments:

  1. What an excellent idea. I'm going to learn this song yet!

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  2. We'd all love the pizazz! Such a great song it'd be a shame not for more people to learn it.

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  3. Love this sing I just learnt it now

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