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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2307879,"song":"Sweet Johanna","artist":"Levon Helm","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482024-sweet-johanna-chords-by-levon-helm/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2307879?type=chord","rating":0.06463,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I came up to the great big city when I was only seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot me a job in a big skyscraper helpin’ to keep the place clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tried to save all my money to bring you here one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe neon lights burned holes in my pockets and the money just slipped away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m hitchin’ on back down to Louisiana back where I started[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m older than the day I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOh my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m comin’ on home to Louisiana back where I started[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause you might want to live in New York City anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wen’on down to the bar on the corner to have myself a beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sweet young voice said what about me I heard it in my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had not heard a friendly word in seven months or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I had to defend my lady friend when someone called that slut a whore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow now my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m hitchin’ on back down to Louisiana back where I started[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m older than the day I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m a hitchin' a ride back to Louisiana just to tell ya[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat'a you might like to live in New York City anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell we all went out in the alley but I woke up all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn empty wallet an ache in my head an’no place to call home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know I'm hitchin’ a ride back to Louisiana just to tell ya[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I’m older than the day I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOh my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m crawlin' on back home to Louisiana just to tell ya[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat'a you might want to live in New York City anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHitchin' on back to Louisiana back where I started[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m older than the day I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAw now my sweet Johanna[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m comin' on back home to Louisiana just to tell ya[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat'a you might like to live in New York City anyway[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA    D    C    G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","A","D","C","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}