Tell Her Johnny Said Goodbye chords by Jerry Jackson

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb

🎸 Intro:

| G | Em | G | Em |



🎸 Verse 1:
G                      D
 Hello
Mrs. Johnson
this is Johnny Blue
Em                    D               Adim
  I just had to call
to find out if it's true
G                Em            D                    Em
 I heard Carol's get married -  and she's leaving today

🎸 Chorus:
    C                                     D         D7
No
I don't want to talk to her
I'd only cry (cry, cry, cry)
                     C        D*
Just tell her that I love her
N.C.         Em              G                                   G
And tell her Johnny said goodbye (tell her
Johnny said goodbye)

🎸 Verse 2:
G                           D
 What time is the wedding -   and where's it going to be?
   Em
 Mmmh, you know that boy, she's getting married to
C                         Dbdim
 That boy could have been me
G                 Em              G                Em
 But like a fool
I've lost her - and I still miss her so

🎸 Chorus:
    C                                     D         D7
No
I don't want to talk to her
I'd only cry (cry, cry, cry)
                     C        D*
Just tell her that I love her
N.C.         Em              G                                   G
And tell her Johnny said goodbye (tell her
Johnny said goodbye)

🎸 Verse 3:
C          D          Bm             Em
I know she look, just like an angel, o'oh
Am   D                     G
 And when the bells, start to chime
C          D               Bm       Em
I promise
I won't let her know I'm there
C                     D7
But I got to see her, one more time

🎸 Verse 4:
G                           D
 Yes
I know you're busy -   and you got a lot to do
  Em
Mmmh
I know you're losing your darlin'
C                      Dbdim
 But Mrs. Johnson
I'm losing her too
G                        Em        G                   Em
 Just tell her that I'll miss her
but I wish her the best

🎸 Chorus:
    C                                     D         D7
No
I don't want to talk to her
I'd only cry (cry, cry, cry)
                     C        D*
Just tell her that I love her
N.C.         Em              G
And tell her Johnny said goodbye (tell her
Johnny said goodbye)

🎸 Outro:
                Em
Tell her Johnny said goodbye (tell her
Johnny said goodbye)
             G                                        Em
Come on now, please  (tell her
Johnny said goodbye
tell her
Johnny said goodbye)