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Capo 1:
VERSE
CJohnnie all your hundred songs
Flearned them on the guitar
Cplayed them in the mirror
Gpretended they were mine
CJohnnie what a knack for words
Feach one cuts me deeper
Cstrong enough to make you near
GwhE7en you're far away
CHORUS
AmJohnnie B/Gis youCr suitcase tight?
Fyou say goodbye to no one
Cleave a mess of paper
GanE7d make way for the coast
AmHonB/Gey aCll your bridges burned
Fshould you find your boots worn
CI will patch your soles
Gif you swear you'll walk with me
VERSE
CJohnnie, I could be your queen
FNo more nights of long dreams
CYou could be the stronger man
GTo sleeps between these sheets
CBut never with your lips sewn shut
FI can only do so much
CWon't lift a finger
G'TiE7l you show me where it hurts
CHORUS
AmJohnnie B/Gis youCr suitcase tight?
Fyou say goodbye to no one
Cleave a mess of paper
GanE7d make way for the coast
AmHonB/Gey aCll your bridges burned
Fshould you find your boots worn
CI will patch your soles
Gif you swear you'll walk with me
BRIDGE
CItF's Gaugthe way I'm gonna love you
CItF's E7the way I'm gonna love you
AmIt's the way I'm gonna love you
Am/G#The only way I know to
GAnD7d I'll lay my candid loving on the line
FItGaug's thCe way I'm gonna love you

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Johnnie

by Swear And Shake

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

B/G

Gaug

Am/G#

Capo 1:

VERSE

Johnnie all your hundred songs

learned them on the guitar

played them in the mirror

pretended they were mine

Johnnie what a knack for words

each one cuts me deeper

strong enough to make you near

G E7

when you're far away

CHORUS

Am B/G C

Johnnie is your suitcase tight?

you say goodbye to no one

leave a mess of paper

G E7

and make way for the coast

Am B/G C

Honey all your bridges burned

should you find your boots worn

I will patch your soles

if you swear you'll walk with me

VERSE

Johnnie, I could be your queen

No more nights of long dreams

You could be the stronger man

To sleeps between these sheets

But never with your lips sewn shut

I can only do so much

Won't lift a finger

G E7

'Til you show me where it hurts

CHORUS

Am B/G C

Johnnie is your suitcase tight?

you say goodbye to no one

leave a mess of paper

G E7

and make way for the coast

Am B/G C

Honey all your bridges burned

should you find your boots worn

I will patch your soles

if you swear you'll walk with me

BRIDGE

C F Gaug

It's the way I'm gonna love you

C F E7

It's the way I'm gonna love you

Am/G#

The only way I know to

G D7

And I'll lay my candid loving on the line

F Gaug C

It's the way I'm gonna love you

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