Happy Birthday Johnny chords by St. Vincent

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
 Bb majorBb
Remember one Christmas I gave you Jim Carroll
 Bb7Bb7
Intended it as a cautionary tale
 G minorGm
You said you saw yourself inside there
 FF
Dog-eared it like a how-to manual
 Bb majorBb
Remember one summer we walked in Times Square
  Bb7Bb7
I showed you the zombies with hundred-inch stares
G minorGm
You took a Bic, set your hotel on fire
FF
We took the blame, took the bags to the train

Chorus 1:
    Eb MajorEb       DmDm
Happy Birthday, Johnny
  D MajorD      G minorGm Dm7Dm7
Wherever you are
    Eb MajorEb       FF
Happy Birthday, Johnny
        Bb majorBb
Wherever you are

Verse 2:
   Bb majorBb
The last time you called it was on New Years' Eve
  Bb7Bb7
You asked me for dough to get somethin' to eat
 G minorGm
Since we last spoke, you live on the street
     FF
Yeah, I wouldn't believe all the shit that you seen

Chorus 2:
    Eb MajorEb       DmDm
Happy New Year, Johnny
  D MajorD  G minorGm Dm7Dm7
Is it 23?
    Eb MajorEb       FF
Happy New Year, Johnny
             Bb majorBb
Are the lights on the trees?

Instrumental:
B7B7 G minorGm DmDm D MajorD G minorGm G#G# G minorGm FF

Verse 3:
    Bb majorBb
When I said "Let me think"? and you yelled through your teeth
  Bb7Bb7
Accused me of actin' like all royalty
G minorGm
Always for show, no true charity
   FF
You saw me on magazines and TV

Verse 4:
    Bb majorBb
But if they only knew the real version of me
   Bb7Bb7
Only you know the secrets, the swamp, and the fear
   G minorGm
What happened to blood, our family?
 FF                 Eb MajorEb DmDm
Annie, how could you do this to me?

Outro:
  D MajorD        G minorGm Dm7Dm7
Of course, I blame me
      Eb MajorEb       FF
When you get free, Johnny
         Bb majorBb