Guitar chords with lyrics
Key:C majorC 🎸 Intro:
C majorC
G+G
C majorC
G+G
C majorC N.C.
🎸 Verse 1:C majorC I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
G+G 'Cause sentimental Johnny is your man
G+G Sunshine or rain, the man's on his game
C majorC The chairman of the boards 🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC He said Jesus, he walks on water
G+G Not like us, he must have been sober
G+G Marching away, on top of his lake
C majorC The savior of all souls 🎸 Chorus:
FF
C majorC Leave me to die in the wreckage
FF
G+G As soon as it burns I'll be gone
C majorC I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can N.C. Once more! 🎸 Interlude:
C majorC
G+G
C majorC N.C. 🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC Well, it was back in good old '57
G+G When Johnny met Elvis in Memphis
G+G Rocking on Sun, where it all begun
C majorC
A augmentedA story yet to end 🎸 Verse 4:
C majorC And by this time we're drinking up a fever
G+G And in me he has a true believer
G+G If only I could, just for one word
C majorC To live it all again 🎸 Chorus:
FF
C majorC Leave me to die in the wreckage
FF
G+G As soon as it burns I'll be gone
C majorC I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can 🎸 Bridge:
FF
C majorC Rio, why don't you meet me down in Rio again?
FF
C majorC Down in Rio, the carnival it never ends
FF
C majorC Down in Rio, we'll find a perfect world in Rio again
D MajorD
G+G Down in Rio, where the women still love their men 🎸 Interlude:
C majorC
G+G
C majorC
G+G
C majorC N.C.
C minorCm
G7G7
C minorCm 🎸 Verse 5:
C minorCm Well Johnny, it's two in the morning
G7G7 Don't you think it's time we should go?
G5G5 Back to our millions of records we love
C minorCm Back to our sad little homes
F minorFm
G+G That was the last that I saw him
C minorCm Never, no never, no more
F minorFm
G7G7 I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?
C minorCm Save poor Johnny's old soul
F minorFm
G7G7 I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?
C minorCm Save poor Johnny's old soul 🎸 Interlude:
C minorCm
G7G7
C majorC N.C.
C majorC
G+G
C majorC Out-🎸 Chorus:
FF
C majorC Leave me to die in the wreckage
FF
G+G As soon as it burns I'll be gone
C majorC I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can
FF
G+G
C majorC What for? To take in all I can
FF
G+G
C majorC Once more, to take in all I can N.C. Once more!
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Sentimental Johnny' by Flogging Molly, a punk rock band formed in 1996 from Los Angeles, California, USA. Flogging Molly is known for their energetic folk music.