{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1841473,"song":"Johnny Ace Is Dead","artist":"Dave Alvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11407627-johnny-ace-is-dead-chords-by-dave-alvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1841473?type=chord","rating":4.93293,"votes":7,"content":"Johnny Ace Is Dead      by Dave Alvin \r\nCapo 1st fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown in Houston, Texas on a Christmas night[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a gun in his hand and his name up in lights\r\n\r\nHe was young and handsome, the Prince of the Blues\r\n\r\nIn a sharkskin suit and alligator shoes\r\n\r\nHe was flirting with some women who had come backstage\r\n\r\nHe said, \"Ladies, want to see me play a wild little game?\"\r\n\r\nBut Big Mama Thornton said, \"Go sing Your Song\r\n\r\nAnd put that damn thing down before something goes wrong\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBig Mama cried, \"Dear Lord,\" Big Mama said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe put a 22 pistol right up to his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen he smiled at the ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow Johnny Ace is dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe band leader set his saxophone down[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd said, \"I think I better split before the cops come 'round\"\r\n\r\nWhile the crowd in the theater slowly drifted away\r\n\r\nWith their heads hung low, not sure of what to say\r\n\r\nBut Big Don Robey, the record company man\r\n\r\nWith big diamond rings on both of his hands\r\n\r\nSaid, \"I'm gonna send him back to Memphis in a refrigerated truck\r\n\r\nCause Johnny Ace is gonna make me a million bucks.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBig Mama cried, \"Dear Lord,\" Big Mama said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe put a 22 pistol right up to his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen he smiled at the ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow Johnny Ace is dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny came home to Memphis, Tennessee[/tab]\r\n\r\nEveryone on Beale Street came out to see\r\n\r\nThere were pimps and gamblers, husbands and wives,\r\n\r\nWomen young and old all came to say goodbye\r\n\r\nAnd as the choirs sand and the preachers prayed\r\n\r\nFive thousand mourners marched him to his grave\r\n\r\nWell, there may be a Heaven and there may be a Hell,\r\n\r\nNo one knows for sure but now Johnny Ace knows damn well.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBig Mama cried, \"Dear Lord,\" Big Mama said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe put a 22 pistol right up to his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen he smiled at the ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow Johnny Ace is dead[/tab]","plain_text":"Johnny Ace Is Dead      by Dave Alvin \nCapo 1st fret\n\n\n\n\nWith a gun in his hand and his name up in lights\n\nHe was young and handsome, the Prince of the Blues\n\nIn a sharkskin suit and alligator shoes\n\nHe was flirting with some women who had come backstage\n\nHe said, \"Ladies, want to see me play a wild little game?\"\n\nBut Big Mama Thornton said, \"Go sing Your Song\n\nAnd put that damn thing down before something goes wrong\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd said, \"I think I better split before the cops come 'round\"\n\nWhile the crowd in the theater slowly drifted away\n\nWith their heads hung low, not sure of what to say\n\nBut Big Don Robey, the record company man\n\nWith big diamond rings on both of his hands\n\nSaid, \"I'm gonna send him back to Memphis in a refrigerated truck\n\nCause Johnny Ace is gonna make me a million bucks.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEveryone on Beale Street came out to see\n\nThere were pimps and gamblers, husbands and wives,\n\nWomen young and old all came to say goodbye\n\nAnd as the choirs sand and the preachers prayed\n\nFive thousand mourners marched him to his grave\n\nWell, there may be a Heaven and there may be a Hell,\n\nNo one knows for sure but now Johnny Ace knows damn well.","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}