Chords with lyrics
Verse
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
Well me and Johnny on the road seeing rainbows doubled and looking for a pot o? gold
B minorBm G+G
But for every farm in Technicolor green there?s a bruising sky,
D MajorD
beneath we?re just maggots on the asphalt road
G+G F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
Well every place has got its history, and you?d erase if it?d set you free
B minorBm G+G
But is it worth another landscaped wasted to just move on
D MajorD
Johnny, can?t we make the best of it?
B minorBm G+G
Johnny, I?ve sung with pleasure
D MajorD A augmentedA
It?s a good life, there is no measure
B minorBm G+G
Hey Johnny, in the morning
D MajorD D MajorD
When you wake me, call me ?darling?
Verse
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
She?s gonna call me when she?s down just to knock me around, long about Michigan
B minorBm G+G
We wander parallel lives and I don?t know why,
D MajorD
Sometimes it hurts just to know she breathes
G+G F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
Johnny, she?s got what I need, but she?s gonna let me bleed
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
And I?ll just be misty-eyed again at the Olympia-Inn, and adding to that pouring rain
Verse
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Forget it Johnny, we were rocking? some kind of crazy scene
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
I set myself back, it?s just a land grab and I got more than I need
G+G A augmentedA
And after all these miles, I?m just a homesick pup
D MajorD G+G
But I crossed this ocean to give it my best shot
Instrumental
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm G+G
Johnny, I?ve sung with pleasure
D MajorD A augmentedA
It?s a good life, there is no measure
B minorBm G+G
Hey Johnny, in the morning
D MajorD D MajorD
When you wake me, call me ?darling?