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Sentimental Johnny by Flogging Molly

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Key: C

🎸 Intro: 

C   G    C   G   C N.C.



🎸 Verse 1:
          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
                                  G
'Cause sentimental Johnny is your man
G
Sunshine or rain, the man's on his game
                    C
The chairman of the boards

🎸 Verse 2:
C
He said Jesus, he walks on water
                               G
Not like us, he must have been sober
G
Marching away, on top of his lake
                  C
The savior of all souls

🎸 Chorus: 
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage
   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone
          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
N.C.
Once more!

🎸 Interlude: 
C   G    C N.C.

🎸 Verse 3:
             C
Well, it was back in good old '57
                         G
When Johnny met Elvis in Memphis
G
Rocking on Sun, where it all begun
               C
A story yet to end

🎸 Verse 4:
C
And by this time we're drinking up a fever
                        G
And in me he has a true believer
G
If only I could, just for one word
                C
To live it all again

🎸 Chorus: 
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage
   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone
          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can

🎸 Bridge: 
F                                  C
Rio, why don't you meet me down in Rio again?
        F                          C
Down in Rio, the carnival it never ends
        F                                  C
Down in Rio, we'll find a perfect world in Rio again
        D                                     G
Down in Rio, where the women still love their men

🎸 Interlude: 
C   G    C    G    C N.C.  Cm   G7   Cm

🎸 Verse 5:
Cm
Well
Johnny, it's two in the morning
                                    G7
Don't you think it's time we should go?
G5
Back to our millions of records we love
                       Cm
Back to our sad little homes
Fm                           G
That was the last that I saw him
                    Cm
Never, no never, no more
  Fm                     G7
I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?
                       Cm
Save poor Johnny's old soul
  Fm                     G7
I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?
                       Cm
Save poor Johnny's old soul

🎸 Interlude: 
Cm    G7    C N.C.
C     G     C

Out-🎸 Chorus: 
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage
   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone
          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
              F       G     C
Once more, to take in all I can
N.C.
Once more!