Poor Johnny bass tab by Robert Cray
Bass Tab
Robert CRAY Poor Johnny (Original from the album "The Definite Collection") Bassist: Richard Cousins Bass Tabs Tuning : EADG Tempo: 102 bpm 4/4 Key signature: Bm Tuning: E A D G Chords: F+m / Em / A / Bm / G / D
Intro: 00:01 G|------------||--------------------------------------------------|- D|-- drums --||-9-9--x-------------7-7--x--------7-7--x------9-7-|- A|------------||--------9-9--x-7-7---------7-7--x--------7-7------|- E|------------||--------------------------------------------------|- G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- Verse1: 00:20 G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- ave a seat and I'll tell you a tale It wasn't that long ago.. G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- About a guy who turned out to be a cheater got the heater So the story goes: G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- He tried the playboy-thing on two friends Thinking that they'd never know. G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- They say he got caught in a trap and it snapped He's not around anymore... Oh Johnny... Chorus1: 00:57 G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- He came home looking cool one day, Just wasn't lucky to come out that way G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- Once from the left... then from the right They took him down, late that night. G|--------------|----------||- D|-----4-5-5--5-|-4-5--5-5-||- A|-7-5----------|----------||- x2 E|--------------|----------||- Verse2: 01:22 G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- Now everyone in town knew he always played around But not a word was said. G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- All the money and the clothes, And the cars that he drove just kept his ego fed. G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- To his friends he was king, Cause he thought of everything Except his number one. G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- She had the kids and the house, While he was always out Leaving his homework undone. Oh Johnny... Chorus2: 02:00 G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- He came home looking cool one day, Just wasn't lucky to come out that way G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- Once from the left... then from the right They took him down, late that night. G|----------|----------|----------||- D|-4-5--5-5-|-4-5--5-5-|-4-5--5-5-||- A|----------|----------|----------||- E|----------|----------|----------||- Bridge: 02:27 ... Key board G|----------|----------|----------|----------|- D|-5-7--7-7-|----------|---7--9-9-|---7--9-9-|- A|----------|-7-9--9-9-|-9--------|-9--------|- E|----------|----------|----------|----------|- Then one day his luck ran out. When number two found a number and called his house. Word on the street is that they talked all night G|----------|----------|----------|----------|- D|-5-7--7-7-|----------|----------|----------|- A|----------|-7-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-|-9~~~-----|- E|----------|----------|----------|----------|- They had to teach him a lesson, They had to make things right. Instrumental: 02:45 (play x4) G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- Oh Johnny... Chorus3: 03:22 G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- He came home looking cool one day, Just wasn't lucky to come out that way G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- Once from the left... then from the right They took him down, late that night. G|----------||- D|-4-5--5-5-||- A|----------||- E|----------||- Chorus4: 03:44 G|--------------||-----------------4--4-4--4----------|- D|-5-4----------||-----4--4-4--4-7-----------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5-7--------------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------------|- He came home looking cool one day, Just wasn't lucky to come out that way G|--------------||-------------4--4-4-----------|- D|-5-4----------||---4--4-4--4---------4-5--5-5-|- A|-----7-5--5-5-||-5----------------------------|- E|--------------||------------------------------|- Once from the left... then from the right They took him down, late that night. G|----------|----------|----------||- D|-4-5--5-5-|-4-5--5-5-|-4-5--5-5-||- A|----------|----------|----------||- E|----------|----------|----------||- Oh Johnny... Outro: 04:10 Instrumental (play XXX til fade out) G|------------||----------------------------------------------|- D|---7-8--9-9-||-9---------------7-7--7--------7-7--7-----9-7-|- A|-8----------||---9-9--9-7-7--7--------7-7--8--------7-7-----|- E|------------||----------------------------------------------|- Oh Johnny, Poor Johnny, Poor Johnny, Poor Johnny, Poor Johnny, End: 04:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tablature Legend ---------------- | S slap | P pop | x mute note | . full stop | / slide up | \ slide down | > link to next bar | h hammer-on | p pull-off | g grace note | ~ vibrato
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