Johnson Blvd chords by Amos Lee

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down


Tuning from top E MajorE down is D#D# G#G# C#C# F#F#
A#A# D#D# or Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb. Amos does some different fingering's on the strings
but here are the basics.


C majorC              G+G
Up on Main St, they built a highway
      A minorAm          FF
Changed its name to Johnson Boulevard
   C majorC        G+G
Up on Thursday down on Friday
     A minorAm          FF
People ask me why are things so hard
      C majorC
Times been hard though
   G+G        A minorAm
From Laredo to San Jacinto
     FF   G+G    C majorC   G+G
And it’s a long way back home

C majorC        G+G
There’s an old train in a stock yard
      A minorAm            FF
It’s like a graveyard of things come and gone
    C majorC        G+G
And the wind moves on a gravestone
     A minorAm
Where the names gone
       FF
And everybody knows
      C majorC
Times been hard though
  G+G        A minorAm
In Laredo to San Jacinto
     FF  G+G    C majorC   A minorAm
And it’s a long way back home

FF       C majorC       A minorAm
Sometimes you’re standing still
         FF     C majorC
And the wind just beats you down
    A minorAm      G+G
Oh and sometimes it’s just so hard
  D MajorD                   FF   G+G
to keep your two feet right there on the ground

Pedal Steel Solo - A minorAm FF C majorC 2x then A minorAm FF C majorC D MajorD FF G+G C majorC

C majorC
Mother’s faithful
      G+G
She goes to church still
     A minorAm
Prays on Sunday
      FF
And Mondays too
    C majorC
Father's somewhere
    G+G
In the back field
       A minorAm
Thinking out loud
            FF
That this ain'’t nothing new
      C majorC
Times been hard though
   G+G        A minorAm
From Laredo to San Jacinto
      FF    G+G    A minorAm
So why don’t we just go back home

     FF    G+G    FF   C majorC G+G FF Repeat 3x End on the C majorC
Why don’t we just go back home