Johnny And Mary chords by Nouvelle Vague

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Verse 1:
N.C.             C              C              Am       Am
 Johnny's always runnin' around tryin' to find certainty
                 C                C                   Em   Em
He needs all the world to confirm that he ain't lonely
                F     F               G7    G7
Mary counts the walls, knows he tires easily


🤘 Verse 2:
                  C                    C               Am            Am
Johnny thinks the world would be right if it could buy truth from him
               C                C                Em   Em
Mary says: "He changes his mind more than a woman"
                 F  F            G7             G7
But she made her bed even when a chance was slim

🤘 Verse 2:
                   C                C                Am         Am
Johnny says, "He's willing to learn when he decides, he's a fool"
                    C             C                     Em   Em
Johnny says: "He'll live anywhere when he earns time to"
             F      F                     G7        G7
Mary combs her hair, says: "She should be used to it"

🤘 Verse 3:
            C                C               Am           Am
Mary always hedges her bets, she never knows what to think
                 C                     C               Em   Em
She says that he still acts like he is being discovered
                     F     F          G7            G7
Scared that he'll be caught without a second thought

🤘 Instrumental:
|C    |C    |Am   |Am   |
|C    |C    |Em   |Em   |
|F    |F    |G7   |G7

🤘 Verse 4:
                  C                  C              Am          Am
Johnny feels he's wasting his breath tryin' to talk sense to her
                 C              C                  Em   Em
Mary says: "He's lackin' a real sense of proportion"
         F             F               G7    G7
So, she combs her hair, knows he tires easily

🤘 Chorus:
                C             C
Johnny's always runnin' around
            Am    Am
Runnin' all around
                C             C
Johnny's always runnin' around
         Em   Em
Runnin' around
        F   F
Ooh-ooh-ooh
        G7   G7
Ooh-ooh-ooh

🤘 Chorus:
                C             C
Johnny's always runnin' around
         Am    Am
Runnin' around
                C             C
Johnny's always runnin' around
         Em   Em
Runnin' around
   F   F
Oh-oh
   G7  G7
Oh-oh

🤘 Outro:
                C
Johnny's always runnin' around