Johnnys Band chords by Deep Purple

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A augmentedA G+G G MajorG D MajorD A augmentedA A majorA G+G A augmentedA A majorA G+G G MajorG D MajorD A augmentedA A majorA D MajorD
Play 2 times

Verse 1:
    E5E5             G+G
Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming
   E5E5                A augmentedA
Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan
  E5E5               C majorC
He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny
  G+G          A augmentedA
Ah, suddenly they had a band

Chorus:
D MajorD  G+G    B minorBm
Hey Johnny's Band
  D MajorD        A/C#A/C#   B minorBm
He sure knew how to work up a crowd
  D MajorD        G+G      B minorBm
The sound that they made put the rest in the shade
    G+G  B minorBm    A augmentedA
And the word soon got around (Intro riff)

Verse 2:
   E5E5               G+G
They played every dance hall in the city
E5E5              A augmentedA
Wrote themselves a cool forty-five
    E5E5          C majorC
With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops
  G+G           A augmentedA
Oh man it was good to be alive

Chorus:
D MajorD  G+G    B minorBm
Hail Johnny's Band
D MajorD      A augmentedA   B minorBm
Hear them on the radio
D MajorD      G+G         B minorBm
Smash after smash now they're rolling in the cash
  G+G     D MajorD       A augmentedA   D MajorD
Whatever they touch turns to gold

Solo:
C majorC FF G+G FF C majorC FF G+G G MajorG C majorC FF A augmentedA FF C majorC G+G E5E5 G+G E5E5 G+G E5E5 C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
Organ solo        |Guitar solo      (Intro riff)

Verse 3:
E5E5            G+G
Benny went down with the hard stuff
  E5E5           A augmentedA
And Pete joined a cult in LA
E5E5           C majorC
Johnny and Bill started going downhill
    G+G      D MajorD    A augmentedA
And the crowds began melting away

Chorus:
  D MajorD     G+G    B minorBm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
    D MajorD    A augmentedA       B minorBm
Playing Saturday nights at The Crown
  D MajorD       G+G      B minorBm
The beards may be long and the money's long gone
    G+G      D MajorD       A augmentedA
It's a wonder that they're still around
  D MajorD     G+G    B minorBm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
D MajorD         A augmentedA     B minorBm
Playing all those wonderful songs
D MajorD     G+G        B minorBm
Making the rounds with that old fashioned sound
  G+G      D MajorD    A augmentedA
And here we are singing along (End with intro riff)