Chords for Let It Rock (Bye Bye Johnny)
Tempo:
77.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Gm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [G]
I'm working on a railroad with a steeled-by-the [C]-hammer.
I gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes.
[G] Gotta find somebody to take away my blues.
[D] Well, she don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun.
[C] It's coming when the work is all [G] done.
Well, I live here now, even when the sun is seething low.
Oh, well, I'm a lady on that pencil boat.
[C] Well, there on a TV, well, they're right here on the [G] track.
Well, I'm a little old, so I'm still a poor bum, but
[D] I've been here for the longest time.
[A] I've got a power-fueled cab, two-trainer rolling, three miles [G] an hour.
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Well, I hear every night, it's 10 o'clock, and it's jumping about.
Well, I ain't got the money to take the TV out.
[C] Well, I'm going out to panic, I'm going [G] insane.
Trying to get to work is not the way of the train.
[D] The engine of the road is a-fighting on.
[G] Well, if it ain't about the train, you gotta let it roll.
Let it roll!
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Well, now, she drew out all the money for the Southern Trust.
She put a little Johnny on a Greyhound [C] bus.
See, that easy Hannibal, the Golden [G] West.
Now, she's a genius from her happy [D] past.
Her own little son named Johnny Goodman.
[C] He owns some pictures out in [G] Hollywood.
I'm staying by, by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by [G] Johnny Goodman.
Well, if you remember speaking money, he got a promise.
And buying honey, he tried to broker a [C] child.
Long after he was married, he got a railroad [G] sign.
He was shit in trouble, satisfied.
[D] But never did she [E] dream that he'd come.
Daylight years, when she would [A#] have to give a Johnny a goodbye [F#] kiss.
I'm staying [G] by, by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G]
[G]
[C] [G]
[E] [G]
Mommy got the letters, she dreamed it up.
Johnny was full of country love.
[C] Soon after he was married, he would bring her [G] back.
And build an engine for her on the railroad [D] track.
And every time he heard the horn blow.
[C] Singing and waving at the kitchen [G] door.
I'm staying by, by, [C] by.
I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] [D] [G]
[Gm] [Em]
I'm working on a railroad with a steeled-by-the [C]-hammer.
I gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes.
[G] Gotta find somebody to take away my blues.
[D] Well, she don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun.
[C] It's coming when the work is all [G] done.
Well, I live here now, even when the sun is seething low.
Oh, well, I'm a lady on that pencil boat.
[C] Well, there on a TV, well, they're right here on the [G] track.
Well, I'm a little old, so I'm still a poor bum, but
[D] I've been here for the longest time.
[A] I've got a power-fueled cab, two-trainer rolling, three miles [G] an hour.
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Well, I hear every night, it's 10 o'clock, and it's jumping about.
Well, I ain't got the money to take the TV out.
[C] Well, I'm going out to panic, I'm going [G] insane.
Trying to get to work is not the way of the train.
[D] The engine of the road is a-fighting on.
[G] Well, if it ain't about the train, you gotta let it roll.
Let it roll!
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Well, now, she drew out all the money for the Southern Trust.
She put a little Johnny on a Greyhound [C] bus.
See, that easy Hannibal, the Golden [G] West.
Now, she's a genius from her happy [D] past.
Her own little son named Johnny Goodman.
[C] He owns some pictures out in [G] Hollywood.
I'm staying by, by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by [G] Johnny Goodman.
Well, if you remember speaking money, he got a promise.
And buying honey, he tried to broker a [C] child.
Long after he was married, he got a railroad [G] sign.
He was shit in trouble, satisfied.
[D] But never did she [E] dream that he'd come.
Daylight years, when she would [A#] have to give a Johnny a goodbye [F#] kiss.
I'm staying [G] by, by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G]
[G]
[C] [G]
[E] [G]
Mommy got the letters, she dreamed it up.
Johnny was full of country love.
[C] Soon after he was married, he would bring her [G] back.
And build an engine for her on the railroad [D] track.
And every time he heard the horn blow.
[C] Singing and waving at the kitchen [G] door.
I'm staying by, by, [C] by.
I'm staying by, [G]
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] [D] [G]
[Gm] [Em]
Key:
G
C
D
Gm
E
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm working on a railroad with a steeled-by-the [C]-hammer.
I gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes.
[G] Gotta find somebody to take away my blues.
[D] Well, she don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun.
[C] It's coming when the work is all [G] done.
Well, I _ _ _ _ _ _ live here now, even when the sun is seething low.
Oh, well, I'm a lady on that pencil boat.
[C] Well, there on a TV, well, they're right here on the [G] track.
Well, I'm a little old, so I'm still a poor bum, but
[D] I've been here for the longest time.
[A] I've got a power-fueled cab, two-trainer rolling, three miles [G] an hour. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Well, I hear every night, it's 10 o'clock, and it's jumping about.
Well, I ain't got the money to take the TV out.
[C] Well, I'm going out to panic, I'm going [G] insane.
Trying to get to work is not the way of the train.
[D] The engine of the road is a-fighting on.
[G] Well, if it ain't about the train, you gotta let it roll.
_ _ _ Let it roll! _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, now, she drew out all the money for the Southern Trust.
She put a little Johnny on a Greyhound [C] bus.
See, that easy Hannibal, the Golden [G] West.
Now, she's a genius from her happy [D] past.
Her own little son named Johnny Goodman.
[C] He owns some pictures out in [G] Hollywood.
I'm staying by, by, _ by. _
[C] I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ good-by [G] Johnny Goodman. _
Well, if you remember speaking money, he got a promise.
And buying honey, he tried to broker a [C] child.
Long after he was married, he got a railroad [G] sign.
He was shit in trouble, satisfied.
[D] But never did she [E] dream that he'd come.
Daylight years, when she would [A#] have to give a Johnny a goodbye [F#] kiss.
I'm staying [G] by, _ _ by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Mommy got the letters, she dreamed it up.
Johnny was full of country love.
[C] Soon after he was married, he would bring her [G] back.
And build an engine for her on the railroad [D] track.
And every time he heard the horn blow.
[C] Singing and waving at the kitchen [G] door.
I'm staying by, _ by, _ _ [C] by.
I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm working on a railroad with a steeled-by-the [C]-hammer.
I gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes.
[G] Gotta find somebody to take away my blues.
[D] Well, she don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun.
[C] It's coming when the work is all [G] done.
Well, I _ _ _ _ _ _ live here now, even when the sun is seething low.
Oh, well, I'm a lady on that pencil boat.
[C] Well, there on a TV, well, they're right here on the [G] track.
Well, I'm a little old, so I'm still a poor bum, but
[D] I've been here for the longest time.
[A] I've got a power-fueled cab, two-trainer rolling, three miles [G] an hour. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Well, I hear every night, it's 10 o'clock, and it's jumping about.
Well, I ain't got the money to take the TV out.
[C] Well, I'm going out to panic, I'm going [G] insane.
Trying to get to work is not the way of the train.
[D] The engine of the road is a-fighting on.
[G] Well, if it ain't about the train, you gotta let it roll.
_ _ _ Let it roll! _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, now, she drew out all the money for the Southern Trust.
She put a little Johnny on a Greyhound [C] bus.
See, that easy Hannibal, the Golden [G] West.
Now, she's a genius from her happy [D] past.
Her own little son named Johnny Goodman.
[C] He owns some pictures out in [G] Hollywood.
I'm staying by, by, _ by. _
[C] I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ good-by [G] Johnny Goodman. _
Well, if you remember speaking money, he got a promise.
And buying honey, he tried to broker a [C] child.
Long after he was married, he got a railroad [G] sign.
He was shit in trouble, satisfied.
[D] But never did she [E] dream that he'd come.
Daylight years, when she would [A#] have to give a Johnny a goodbye [F#] kiss.
I'm staying [G] by, _ _ by, by.
[C] I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Mommy got the letters, she dreamed it up.
Johnny was full of country love.
[C] Soon after he was married, he would bring her [G] back.
And build an engine for her on the railroad [D] track.
And every time he heard the horn blow.
[C] Singing and waving at the kitchen [G] door.
I'm staying by, _ by, _ _ [C] by.
I'm staying by, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] good-by Johnny Goodman.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _