Johnny Run Away tab by Tones And I

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Bass:
*played with guitar

for Intro and verses

B minorBm
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|----------4-----------------4---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2---------------2--2---------------2-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|

G+G
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------5-----------------5---------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------3--3---------------3-|

D MajorD
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|----------7-----------------7---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5---------------5--5---------------5-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|

G+G
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------7-----------------7---------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-5---------------5--5---------------5-|


Intro:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


Verse 1:
B minorBm                        G+G
Johnny was a young boy, he liked playing at the park
        D MajorD                A augmentedA
And Johnny said: oh oh oh, dad can you take me now?
B minorBm                     G+G
Johnny was young, never hurt no-one, too early for that
       D MajorD
He was at the park, he met a boy named Jimmy
A augmentedA
He's a cutie
         B minorBm
And he chose him oh

Verse 2:
            G+G
Take my heart, take my soul, share my crayons, share my goals
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
His daddy walked by with a sigh said Johnny sit by my side
      B minorBm                         G+G
I’m gonna give you the best advice you've ever heard in your life
           D MajorD
See that boy named Jimmy, yeah, he's a cutie
      A augmentedA
But oh no Johnny no no no no ah ah ow


Chorus:
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You get picked on by another, Better go and run for cover
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA                             F# minorF#m
You get picked on by another, Better go and run for cover


Verse 3:
B minorBm                       G+G
Johnny started high school at the front of the bus
          D MajorD            A augmentedA
Some boys yelled oh oh-oh man come sit with us
B minorBm                        G+G
Johnny found a seat with a boy named Pete and felt it again
           D MajorD                  A augmentedA
As he was trying to play pretend the feeling came rushing in

And he thought


Chorus:
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You get picked on by another, Better go and run for cover
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA                          F# minorF#m
You get picked on by another, Better go and run for cover


Verse 4:
G+G
And I don't want to talk about the trap, I've dreamed big
   D MajorD
Real big since I've been on daddy’s lap
           A augmentedA
Got my dreams by my side

Keep them in my pocket so that when I get the chance I can rip it out and rock it
           G+G
It’s like my golden ticket, it’s the reason that I’m here
         D MajorD
Everybody has a dream, but they're frozen by fear
            A augmentedA
We won't dance in the rain, we go and run for cover

All that is to blame is getting picked on by another
         G+G
So we go and find someone that will love and support us
       D MajorD
Says they adore us, maybe fought for us
        A augmentedA
Then, we forget about ambitions and decisions have changed

I think that I was only seven when oh


Chorus:
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You'll get picked on by another
            F# minorF#m
Better go and run for cover, nah no nah no
G+G
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You'll get picked on by another

Better go and run for cover


Post-Chorus:
G+G                    D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You'll get picked on by another

Better go and run for cover, nah nah nah nah
G+G                    D MajorD
Johnny run away, run away, now, Johnny now
A augmentedA
You'll get picked on by another

Better go and run for cover, nah nah nah nah

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