Johnnys Band chords by Deep Purple

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A G G D A A G A A G G D A A D
Play 2 times

Verse 1:
    E5             G
Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming
   E5                A
Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan
  E5               C
He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny
  G          A
Ah, suddenly they had a band

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

Verse 2:
   E5               G
They played every dance hall in the city
E5              A
Wrote themselves a cool forty-five
    E5          C
With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops
  G           A
Oh man it was good to be alive

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

Solo:
C F G F C F G G C F A F C G E5 G E5 G E5 C G/B D
Organ solo        |Guitar solo      (Intro riff)

Verse 3:
E5            G
Benny went down with the hard stuff
  E5           A
And Pete joined a cult in LA
E5           C
Johnny and Bill started going downhill
    G      D    A
And the crowds began melting away

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