Johnny Porter Chords by Ry Cooder

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm going to sing a little bit of Johnny Boling.
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Johnny _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Eb] Boling was the oldest in his family.
_ And I remember he was almost 21.
_ _ [Ebm] [Ab] You know, [Eb] I can't quite explain the situation.
But [Gb] he broke into his [Ab] father's truck and stole [Eb] a gun.
Mother [Gb] running [Ab] down the highway [Eb] screaming, Johnny, [Ab] it's too [Ebm] bad.
_ It's too bad, _ it's too bad.
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Well, _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ his father wonders where he [Ebm] got the money.
_ And [Eb] he wonders if he got it right or wrong.
[Ebm] Then Johnny killed the man in Pensacola, Florida.
[Abm] And [Gb] he called a freight [Ab] train and took off [Eb] all alone.
_ [Bbm] [Ebm] Well, run [Ab] Johnny, run.
[Eb] Holding right [Ab] behind.
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Run Johnny, run.
[Eb] You know they're going to find you.
[Db] You come out [Ab] late at night [Gb] because you're running [Bb] for your life.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] Johnny Porter. _
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_ _ _ She. _ _
She. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] The [Eb] way you make your mother worry.
And it hurts inside to [Ebm] sit and watch you cry.
It'll be [Eb] a long time before she knows your answer.
But it [Gb] won't be long [Ab] before [Eb] she'll see that.
_ [Ab] While I was standing [Eb] in my front [Ebm] door early that morning.
_ [Eb] So sad what I heard my mother [Ebm] _ say.
[Eb] Johnny Porter wasn't no good to anybody.
But [Gb] he could see [Ab] him always [Eb] lie home.
_ Now run Johnny, [Ebm] run.
They're rolling right behind you.
Run Johnny, run.
[Eb] You know they're going to find [Db] you.
You come out [Ab] late at [Gb] night because you're running [Bb] for your life.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] Johnny Porter.
Well, well, Johnny Porter.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ Johnny Porter.
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[Ebm] _ [Eb] Hey, baby.
_ Hey, baby.
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[Ebm] _ [Eb] _ Hey, baby.
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Found _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ him [Gb] holed up [Ab] in some dark [Ebm] and dirty building.
[Gb] Had his mother begging, [Ab] please let [Eb] Johnny go.
[Gb] That's when Johnny fired his [Ab] pistol.
[Eb] Has a warning and he said,
[Gb] I was born [Abm] to die [Ebm] by the gun.
[Eb] I [Gb] was [Bb] born to die [Eb] by the gun, said mama.
_ [Gb] Born [Abm] to die by [Eb] the gun, mm-hmm.
I [Gb] was born [Ab] to die by [Eb] the gun.
_ Say run Johnny, run.
The road is right behind you.
Run Johnny, run.
No one's gonna find you.
[Db] You come out [Ab] late at night, [Gb] cause you're running [Bb] for your life.
Johnny, _ _ _
_ [Ebm] hold on.
[Eb] _ _ Yeah Johnny, hold on. _ _ _ _
Hey Johnny, hold on. _ _ _ _
Johnny hold on! _ _ _ _
Hold on!
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[Eb] Hold on! _ _ _ _
Hold on! _ _ _ _
Hold on!
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Hold on.
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