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The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

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Standard tuning,play barre chords in a reggae style on the off beat.
Intro:  G   D   C  G  
GWalking down the road
With your pisDtol in your waist,
Johnny you're too Cbad.G  
GWalking down the road
With your ratDchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too Cbad.G  
You're just roCbbing and you're stabbing and you're lootiDng and you're shooting
Now you're toGo bad. (TGoo bad)
You're just roCbbing and you're stabbing and you're lootDing and you're shooting
Now you're toGo bad. (TGoo bad)
GOne of these days, when you heDar a voice say come,
Who you gonna ruCn to?G  
GOne of these days, when you heDar a voice say come,
Who you gonna ruCn to?G  
You're gonna ruCn to the rock for rDescue,
There will be nGo rock.
You're gonna ruCn to the rock for rDescue,
There will be nGo rock.
Organ solo ( G   D   C   Gx2):
e|--------------------------------8---8---8---8-----------|
B|----------------------------7h8---8---8---8---8---------|
G|----------7~~~--7~~--7~~~------------------------7h9-7~~|
D|-----5h7-----------7------------------------------------|
A|-5h7----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------8---8---8---8----------|
B|---6--5h6-5------------------7h8---8---8---8---8--------|
G|-7----------7--4~~-4h5--7~~----------------------7h9-7~~|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
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The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

by Misc Unsigned Bands

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Standard tuning,play barre chords in a reggae style on the off beat.

G D C G

Intro:

Walking down the road

With your pistol in your waist,

C G

Johnny you're too bad.

Walking down the road

With your ratchet in your waist,

C G

Johnny you're too bad.

C D

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting

G G

Now you're too bad. (Too bad)

C D

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting

G G

Now you're too bad. (Too bad)

G D

One of these days, when you hear a voice say come,

C G

Who you gonna run to?

G D

One of these days, when you hear a voice say come,

C G

Who you gonna run to?

C D

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue,

There will be no rock.

C D

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue,

There will be no rock.

G D C G

Organ solo ( x2):

e|--------------------------------8---8---8---8-----------|

B|----------------------------7h8---8---8---8---8---------|

G|----------7~~~--7~~--7~~~------------------------7h9-7~~|

D|-----5h7-----------7------------------------------------|

A|-5h7----------------------------------------------------|

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

e|---------------------------------8---8---8---8----------|

B|---6--5h6-5------------------7h8---8---8---8---8--------|

G|-7----------7--4~~-4h5--7~~----------------------7h9-7~~|

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

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

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

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