Chords for Johnny Boy's Bones

Tempo:
112.7 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

F

D

Bb

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Johnny Boy's Bones chords
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Well, I wish I was in the land of cotton.
Old times, they are not forgotten.
Look away, [Gm] look away, [N] look away, Dixieland.
[G] [F] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm]
[F]
[Gm]
All [G] old Musket and Cannon [F] have torn his gray coat.
Don't he look fine and handsome, [Gm] don't he look at his moat?
Forty-five in the foxhole, [F] and at this I will boast.
[D] Don't they look fine and handsome, [Gm] my poor Johnny Boys Bones?
[Bb] Well, who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of his Tennessee home?
[A] [Bb] A box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
[F]
[Gm]
Well, he died first country and he [F] died first kind,
And he died killing men, a [Gm] most honorable sin.
But them mean boys in blue, they [F] done turned him in
[D] When they laid him low [Gm] with a laugh and a grin.
[Bb] Oh, who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of our Tennessee home?
A [Bb] box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
[Bb] Oh, who will bring [Gm] back my [F] Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the [Gm] trees of our Tennessee home?
A box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded [A] up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
Oh, [Bb] who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of our Tennessee home?
[Bb] A box, a box, made [F] of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up and [Gm] his blue eyes all closed.
Key:  
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
D
1321
Bb
12341111
G
2131
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
D
1321
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To learn Colter Wall, The Dead South - Johnny Boys Bones chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Bb, F, D, Gm, F, Bb and Gm of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 56 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 113. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Minor in mind.

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Well, I _ wish I was in the land of cotton.
Old times, they are not forgotten.
Look away, _ [Gm] look away, [N] _ look away, _ _ _ Dixieland.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ All [G] old Musket and Cannon [F] have torn his gray coat.
Don't he look fine and handsome, [Gm] don't he look at his moat?
Forty-five in the foxhole, [F] and at this I will boast.
[D] Don't they look fine and handsome, [Gm] my poor Johnny Boys Bones? _ _
_ _ [Bb] Well, who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of his Tennessee home?
[A] [Bb] A box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, he died first country and he [F] died first kind,
And he died killing men, a [Gm] most honorable sin.
_ _ But them mean boys in blue, they [F] done turned him in
[D] When they laid him low [Gm] with a laugh and a grin. _ _ _
[Bb] Oh, who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of our Tennessee home?
A [Bb] box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
_ _ _ [Bb] Oh, who will bring [Gm] back my [F] Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the [Gm] trees of our Tennessee home?
A box, a box, [F] made of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded [A] up [Gm] and his blue eyes all closed.
Oh, [Bb] who will bring back [F] my Johnny Boys Bones
[D] To lay me the trees [Gm] of our Tennessee home?
[Bb] A box, a box, made [F] of sturdy white oak,
[D] With his arms folded up and [Gm] his blue eyes all closed. _ _ _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Imaginary Appalachia album.

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