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Johnny Appleseed

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Chords used:
F#: 244222
D: x57775
F: x57765
A: 577655
B: 224442
Intro (Let each chord ring out once): F#-B(1)-D-F-F#-B(1)
[EL HEFE] Through Aword of mouth
Let it be Bknown
The Dman who spends his life on a mission
He's legendaAry
[MIKE] Hey, hey hey, hey hey!
TraveAlling
From coast to Bcoast
He's the conDtemporary
Johnny AppleAseed
[SPOKEN] Man, who's talkin' shit about Johnny anyway?
He's down for the cause, holmes.
He's Amaking sure
His garden Bgrows
He'll Dplant the seed
In every town he Agoes
FerAtilizing
The countryBside
DYou couldn't stop him with
InsectiAcide 
F#Makin' sure that the garden Bgrow (Yeah, yeah, Dyeah)
He water the yard with the yarden Ahose
F#And you know he be plantin' the Bseed (Yeah, yeah, Dyeah)
Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a Aweed
[SPOKEN] Oh, yes. This Johnny character is exactly what we're looking for.
H-He's very street, very gang, very Hispanic. He'll do just fine.
When Adigging holes
He be wearin' a Bglove
He Dgo out to the shed
He grab a shovel and he Ashove
He Aplant the seed
Makin' sure it's Bsowed
He Dgo into the shed
And he start hoein' with the Ahoe
[MIKE] Ho, ho, ho, ho!
F#Makin' sure that the garden Bgrow (Yeah, yeah, Dyeah)
He water the yard with the yarden Ahose
F#Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a Bweed (Yeah, yeah, Dyeah)
The contemporary Johnny AppleAseed

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Johnny Appleseed

by NOFX

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Chords used:

F#: 244222

D: x57775

F: x57765

A: 577655

B: 224442

Intro (Let each chord ring out once): F#-B(1)-D-F-F#-B(1)

[EL HEFE] Through word of mouth

Let it be known

The man who spends his life on a mission

He's legendary

[MIKE] Hey, hey hey, hey hey!

Travelling

From coast to coast

He's the contemporary

Johnny Appleseed

[SPOKEN] Man, who's talkin' shit about Johnny anyway?

He's down for the cause, holmes.

He's making sure

His garden grows

He'll plant the seed

In every town he goes

Fertilizing

The countryside

You couldn't stop him with

Insecticide

F# B D

Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

He water the yard with the yarden hose

F# B D

And you know he be plantin' the seed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed

[SPOKEN] Oh, yes. This Johnny character is exactly what we're looking for.

H-He's very street, very gang, very Hispanic. He'll do just fine.

When digging holes

He be wearin' a glove

He go out to the shed

He grab a shovel and he shove

He plant the seed

Makin' sure it's sowed

He go into the shed

And he start hoein' with the hoe

[MIKE] Ho, ho, ho, ho!

F# B D

Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

He water the yard with the yarden hose

F# B D

Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

The contemporary Johnny Appleseed

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