Sentimental Johnny chords by Flogging Molly

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!

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