Johns

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[Verse]
E
Most of the favorite memories of my boyhood days in Arkansas
A
Are scattered around an old wood stove at a place we call John's
It was just an old tar paper shack
E
With a pump out front and some junk out back
But inside there was always a hot cup of coffee
A
And a warm place around the fire for anyone
E
John pumped gas for a living and he fixed tires on the side
And I guess old John could fix most anything
A
If you didn't push it he'd try
And he gave me my first charge account for some gas
E
And financed my first date
Even fixed my old radio just in case I got lucky
A
And wanted to park down by the lake
[Chorus]
D
And among the carburetors and the re-built generators
A E A
I spent the whole night picking on an old flattop guitar
D
John would play the fiddle and I'd always sing a little
A E A
No there is no place to get filled up the way you could at John's
[Verse]
E
John taught me a whole lot about country music because he loved it
A
We'd sit up and listen to the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night
Nobody would ever say a word, not even during Martha White
E
And I was awfully young back then, but still I knew just why
That John closed the shop the whole day
A
When we heard that Hank had died
There was something else special about ole John
[Verse]
E
He had a way of making us kids feel important
A
Simply by giving us a good clean place to hang out
E
Well I can still hear him saying pumping gas is a fever boys
A
It'll get in your blood and it'll make your face break out in a grin
E A
Just to check old lady Hanson's oil or to help a stranded friend
[Chorus]
D
And among the carburetors and the re-built generators
A E A
I spent the whole night picking on an old flattop guitar
D
John would play the fiddle and I'd always sing a little
A E A
No there is no place to get filled up the way you could at John's
[Chorus]
D
And among the carburetors and the re-built generators
A E A
I spent the whole night picking on an old flattop guitar
D
John would play the fiddle and I'd always sing a little
A E A
No there is no place to get filled up the way you could at John's

Johns chords and lyrics

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[Verse]
It was just an old tar paper shack
But inside there was always a hot cup of coffee
And I guess old John could fix most anything
And he gave me my first charge account for some gas
Even fixed my old radio just in case I got lucky
[Chorus]
[Verse]
Nobody would ever say a word, not even during Martha White
That John closed the shop the whole day
There was something else special about ole John
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]

Johns Chords by Johnny Cash

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