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Johnny Lobo

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From the album: "A Moment of Forever"
INTRO: 
  D    G    A    DFollowing the harp..."This is the true story"
D  G  A  D
 DOnce upon a dusty reservationG  
ASomewhere in the land of Sittin' BullD  
 DJohnny Lobo played with fire and Gdreamed of open spacesA  
Locked inside a Heaven gone to hDell
 GAll the dreams were gone but not forgFm#otten
Murdered like the holy buffaloA  
 Fm#Johnny Lobo knew the rules and Ggrew into a warriorA  
Fightin' for his people and his sDoul
CHORUS:
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DOh.G...A..Johnny DLobo
DOh.G...A..Johnny DLobo
D chord is played by 2 guitars, picking the strings and following the strumming as melody.
     DCHORD           DCHORD         D- Dadd9CHORD   D- Dadd9CHORD
e|----2-------2--------2-------2-------2-----0-2-------2-----0---------------|
B|------3---3------------3---3-----------3---------------3-----2-------------|
G|--2-----2----------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
May not be accurate, but sounds OK.Same pattern can be followed just strumming
and playing D-Dadd9-D5  
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 DRooted down with lessons that he carGried
AHome from Vietnam to Wounded KDnee
 DJohnny Lobo burned the flag he Gknew had been dishonoredA  
Paid the price for thinkin' he was Dfree
 GSomeone set his house afire, Fm#burned it to the ground
 Fm#With his wife and children locked insideA  
 Fm#Later when the bitter tears were Gfalling to the ashesA  
Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo Ddied
CHORUS
 DIn a darkened corner of a tavernG  
 ABurnin' down old memories agDain
 DJohnny Lobo stares into the sGmoke and dreams of cloudsA  
Runnin' like wild horses with the windD  
 GHoly phoenix rising from the aFm#shes
 Fm#Into the circle of the Asun
 Fm#Johnny Lobo's warrior heart was Gburnished in the embersA  
And the battle's just begDun
CHORUS 
outro:  D   A  G  
I´ve tried to place the chords most accurate to the precisely moment when singing lyrics.
It means that every single "space" corresponds to the beating and strumming pattern.
"                                    D     G"
  Rooted down with lessons that he carried ...
Guitar is strumming the chord right before starting singin´, therefore space.
"                                    A  D"
 Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull  ...

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Johnny Lobo

by Kris Kristofferson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fm#

Dadd9

From the album: "A Moment of Forever"

INTRO:

D G A D

Following the harp..."This is the true story"

D G A D

D G

Once upon a dusty reservation

A D

Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull

D G A

Johnny Lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces

Locked inside a Heaven gone to hell

G Fm#

All the dreams were gone but not forgotten

Murdered like the holy buffalo

Fm# G A

Johnny Lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior

Fightin' for his people and his soul

CHORUS:

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D G A D

Oh......Johnny Lobo

D G A D

Oh......Johnny Lobo

D chord is played by 2 guitars, picking the strings and following the strumming as melody.

D D D Dadd9 D Dadd9

CHORD CHORD - CHORD - CHORD

e|----2-------2--------2-------2-------2-----0-2-------2-----0---------------|

B|------3---3------------3---3-----------3---------------3-----2-------------|

G|--2-----2----------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

May not be accurate, but sounds OK.Same pattern can be followed just strumming

D Dadd9 D5

and playing --

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D G

Rooted down with lessons that he carried

A D

Home from Vietnam to Wounded Knee

D G A

Johnny Lobo burned the flag he knew had been dishonored

Paid the price for thinkin' he was free

G Fm#

Someone set his house afire, burned it to the ground

Fm# A

With his wife and children locked inside

Fm# G A

Later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes

Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo died

CHORUS

D G

In a darkened corner of a tavern

A D

Burnin' down old memories again

D G A

Johnny Lobo stares into the smoke and dreams of clouds

Runnin' like wild horses with the wind

G Fm#

Holy phoenix rising from the ashes

Fm# A

Into the circle of the sun

Fm# G A

Johnny Lobo's warrior heart was burnished in the embers

And the battle's just begun

CHORUS

D A G

outro:

I´ve tried to place the chords most accurate to the precisely moment when singing lyrics.

It means that every single "space" corresponds to the beating and strumming pattern.

D G

" "

Rooted down with lessons that he carried ...

Guitar is strumming the chord right before starting singin´, therefore space.

A D

" "

Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull ...

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