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Johnny Went Down To Hell by Thomas Mac

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Standard EADGBE

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Beginner 👶

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Tuning: E A D G B E
 
Intro:

Em Em D Am
D G D Am
 
Verse 1:
Em
   Well Johnny Went Down To Hell After Old Age
                  Em
Took His Life I Guess Gambling On The Fiddle
                        Em
Didn’t Leave Them On The Lord’s Good Side.
                    Em
The Devil Met Him At Hell’s Gate And Screamed
                        Em
Johnny Come On In! I Got A Special Place Down
                    Em
Here For The Best There’s Ever Been!
 
Verse 2:
                  Em
Johnny Said Not So Fast There Scratch!
                       Em
I Got A Bet For You! The Devil Said I Got
                   Em
You’re Sole Old Man So What You Wanna Do?
                       Em
Well, You’ve Been Down Here 40 Years Just
                   Em
Waiting For Me To Die And I Don’t Want Nothing
                       Em
Less Than To Leave Here With My Life!
                  Em
The Devil Laughed Right In His Face And Said
                        Em
I’ll Sweeten The Pie! Not Only Will I Keep
                    Em
Your Soul I’ll Take Georgia As My Prize!

Chorus:
C                               Em
Johnny Take This Lightning Bolt For Your Fiddle
         B                              Em
Bow. The Devil’s Feeling Dirty And Your Fingers.
                        C
Have Grown Old. If You Win, You Get Your Life
          Em                          B
Back And Another Tail To Tell. If You Lose All.
                    G
Of Georgia Goes To Hell.
 
[Bridge Instrumental]
  Em D
  Am Em
 
Verse 3:
                    Em
Well, Johnny Said You’ve Got The Honor There
                             Em
King Of Lies! The Devil Played A Note Of Rancid
                    Em
Even The Darkest Cried. Belphagor And Abbaddon
                         Em
Grab Their Strings And They Joined In
                    Em
And They Played A Tune That Burned And Grew
                         Em
And It Sounded Just Like Sin
 
[Instrumental]
  F   G   Em
  F   G   Em
  F   G   Em
  Am G   Em
 
Verse 4:
                      Em
When The Devil Finish Johnny’s Golden Fiddle
                   Em
Began To Glow. And Snatched It Up And Struck It
                       Em
Pure With His Lightning Bolt. All The Devil’s
                    Em
They Let Out A Ratchet Scream As They Watched
                        Em
Johnny’s Fingers Burning Up Them, Fiddle Strings.
 
[Instrumental]
C   Em   B   Em
C   Em   B   Em
 
Verse 5:
                    Em
When Johnny Finished The Devil Said Tell Me
                           Em
Why Must We Fight? Imagine The Hell That You
                    Em
Could Raise With Me There By Your Side?
                           Em
Johnny Looked Up From His Bow With A Crooked
                     Em
Grin And Said Satan You Still Ain’t Got Nothing
       E5    N.C
On The Best That’s Ever Been!
 
[Instrumental]
 Em  D  A  Em
 D A G    Em
 
Verse 6:
              Em
Now Johnny Got Another Shot At Life On That
                      Em
Good Free Georgia Land And If You Ask Me, That’s
              Em
Pretty Good For A Gambling Fiddle, Man.
                      Em
The Moral Is Don’t Take The Devil’s Deal No
              Em
Matter What The Bet Unless Of Course Your Name
      N.C
Is Johnny The Devil Ain’t Beat Him Yet.
 
 
Outro:
 G D Em

Johnny Went Down To Hell Chords Info

Published: July 29, 2026

Last Updated: July 29, 2026

Tuning: Standard EADGBE

Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, Em, Am, C, F, E5