Chords for LUCKY DUBE - Johnny (Victims)

Tempo:
125.15 bpm
Chords used:

G

Em

D

C

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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LUCKY DUBE - Johnny (Victims) chords
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[G]
[Em] [D] [C] [D]
[Am] [Em] [D]
[Em] [D] [G]
[D] [Em] [Gm] [Am] [G]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [G] Johnny [Em] was a good [C] boy according [G] to his [D] mother [G] but when [Em] she wasn't looking [C]
Johnny [Em] became
a bad [D] boy.
[G]
He [Em] got into driving.
[C]
[Em] Oh [D] poor Johnny.
[G]
One [Em] day he dabbled in [C] foreskin [Em]
and it cost
him his [D] life.
[G] She wouldn't believe it when she saw him [C] lying on the road.
[G] He left with
a blood gap.
Her only [Em] hope, her only [C] son, she says, [Em] oh [D] Johnny.
[Em] [D] With the [C] help [D] [Em] of his
[D]
[C] [D] father and father's [Em] son, Johnny, [D]
how [G] can you do something like that to me [D] Johnny?
[G] Oh she cried.
[Em] Oh Johnny, [C] you broke [G] my [Bm] heart.
[G] Oh Johnny, [C] you made [Em] me cry, [D]
cry.
[G] [Em] Oh [C] Johnny, you broke [Em] my [D] heart.
[G] [Em] Oh [C] Johnny, you made [Em] me cry, [D]
cry, [G] cry.
[Em] Her only hope, her [C] only boy, lying on the ground [D] in a pool of [G] blood.
She said [Em] Johnny remember, [C] [G] all that we went through.
You could have [Em] been a doctor, you [G] could have [C] been a teacher.
[G]
Oh Johnny.
[Em] [D] With the [C] [D] hands around [Em] her head, [D] she tried [C] to [D] say Johnny, [Em] Johnny, how can you [D] do something like this to me [G] Johnny?
[D] Johnny, [Em] [G] Johnny, [Am] Johnny, [G] Johnny.
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] She [G]
[Em] said I took you to the best [C] schools in the country [G] boy.
[D] [G]
[Em] Spent my last [C] dime, [G]
[D] [G]
thought you [Em] would be my shoulder to [C] cry on.
[G] [D] [G]
Her [Em] only boy, her [C] only son, lying [G] on the ground in [D] a [G] pool of blood.
She put her heart [Em] back in [C] jail.
Oh [G] [Bm] Johnny.
[Em] [D]
With the [C] [D] hands around [Em] her [D] head, she [C] tried [D] to say Johnny, [Em] Johnny, [D] how can you [G] do something like this to me [D] [G] Johnny?
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
[C] Oh Johnny, you made me cry, cry, [G] cry.
[D]
[G] Oh [Em] Johnny, [C] you made [Em] me [D] cry, cry.
[G] [Em] Oh [C] Johnny, you broke [Em] my heart.
[D]
[G] Oh [Em]
Johnny, [C] you made [G] me cry,
[D] [G] cry, cry.
[Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [G] Oh [Em]
Johnny.
[C] [Em] [D] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
C
3211
Am
2311
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
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To learn Lucky Dube - (2012 Remastered) Johnny chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Em, D, G, Em, C and G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 62 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 125. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G Major.

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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Johnny _ [Em] was a good _ [C] boy _ according [G] to his [D] mother _ [G] _ but when [Em] she wasn't looking [C] _ _
Johnny [Em] became
a bad [D] boy.
[G] _ _
He [Em] got into driving.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Em] Oh [D] poor Johnny.
[G] _ _
One [Em] day he dabbled in [C] foreskin _ [Em]
and it cost
him his [D] life.
_ _ [G] She wouldn't believe it when she saw him [C] lying on the road.
[G] He left with
a blood _ gap.
Her only [Em] hope, her only [C] son, she says, [Em] oh [D] Johnny.
_ [Em] _ [D] With the [C] help [D] _ [Em] of his
_ [D] _
_ [C] _ [D] father and father's [Em] son, Johnny, _ [D]
how [G] can you do something like that to me [D] Johnny?
[G] Oh she cried.
_ _ [Em] Oh Johnny, _ [C] _ you broke [G] my [Bm] heart.
_ [G] _ _ _ Oh _ Johnny, [C] _ you made [Em] me cry, [D]
cry.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh _ _ [C] Johnny, you broke [Em] my [D] heart.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Oh [C] Johnny, you made [Em] me cry, [D]
cry, [G] cry.
_ [Em] Her only hope, her [C] only boy, _ lying on the ground [D] in a pool of [G] blood.
She said [Em] Johnny _ remember, [C] _ _ _ [G] all that we went through.
_ _ You could have [Em] been a doctor, you [G] could have [C] been a teacher.
_ _ [G] _ _
Oh Johnny.
[Em] _ _ [D] With the [C] [D] hands around [Em] her head, [D] she tried [C] to [D] say Johnny, [Em] Johnny, how can you [D] do something like this to me [G] Johnny?
[D] Johnny, [Em] [G] Johnny, [Am] Johnny, [G] Johnny. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] She [G] _ _ _
[Em] said I took you to the best [C] schools in the country [G] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] Spent my last [C] dime, _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
thought you [Em] would be my shoulder to [C] cry on.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
Her [Em] only boy, her [C] only son, lying [G] on the ground in [D] a [G] pool of blood.
She put her heart [Em] back in [C] jail. _
Oh [G] _ [Bm] Johnny.
[Em] _ _ [D]
With the [C] [D] hands around [Em] her _ [D] head, she [C] tried [D] to say Johnny, [Em] Johnny, [D] how can you [G] do something like this to me [D] [G] Johnny?
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. _ _
[C] Oh Johnny, you made me cry, _ cry, [G] cry.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ Oh _ [Em] Johnny, _ [C] _ you made [Em] me [D] cry, cry.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh _ _ [C] Johnny, you broke [Em] my heart.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ Oh [Em] _ _
Johnny, [C] _ _ you made [G] me cry, _
[D] [G] cry, cry.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ Oh _ [Em] _
Johnny.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Victims album.

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