Chords for Johnny Had A Yo-Yo - Ruth Wallis
Tempo:
88.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Cm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[G] Children will be children, they're [C] such [Cm] dear little [G] girls and boys.
Haven't got a worry in the world except [D] about their toys.
[Am] Little Susie [E] Mae, [Em] who lives [G] across the way,
came to visit us and this is what she [Cm] had to [D] say.
[G] Johnny's got a yo-yo, [F#] he got it [D] from his dad.
He always lets me play with it, it's the best toy I [G] ever had.
[C] He never lends it out to any other [G] kids in town.
Cause [F#] I'm the only one who knows how to get [A] it up and down.
I'm older than [Em] the other kids [A#] and I have been around.
[G] Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo, it really is a [D] wow.
Teacher keeps him after [G] school so he can show her [C] how.
It's shiny and he says [G] it is [G] brand new.
And [D] he can do more tricks with it than his dad [D] can do.
[G] You [Cm] can't learn to play with it just [F#m] by your wishin'.
You gotta know [Cm] how to hold it in the right [B] position by [G] intuition.
And Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo and all the kids they [D] save.
If his dad finds out I play with it, there'll be [G] hell to pay.
[C] And Jacks and Emmys don't interest me any longer I confess.
Since [A#] I've played with Johnny's yo-yo, I'm spoiled [D] a bit I [Cm] guess.
I'm sure I could be happy [F#] and life would be [Gm] divine.
[Cm] If I knew that [Gm] Johnny's yo-yo [Cm] were mine, all [Em] mine.
I've told him I [G] would buy it [F] no matter what the [C] cost.
But Johnny says without his yo-yo [F#] he'd be [G] [Gm] lost.
And I [G] believe it.
[C] Why as for yesterday [G] I've had it.
Oh as for the way I [C] feel today.
Why [D] as for you, [G] forever at it.
[C#] Oh means only that it's here to stay.
I [Fm] love it [G] so.
[C] Why as for your [G] father's mustache.
Oh means only that here [G#] comes the end.
[F] Put them all [Fm]
together, [N] they spell [C] yo.
[G#]
[Dm] Believe me that's [G] always a fun [C] time.
[G] Children will be children, they're [C] such [Cm] dear little [G] girls and boys.
Haven't got a worry in the world except [D] about their toys.
[Am] Little Susie [E] Mae, [Em] who lives [G] across the way,
came to visit us and this is what she [Cm] had to [D] say.
[G] Johnny's got a yo-yo, [F#] he got it [D] from his dad.
He always lets me play with it, it's the best toy I [G] ever had.
[C] He never lends it out to any other [G] kids in town.
Cause [F#] I'm the only one who knows how to get [A] it up and down.
I'm older than [Em] the other kids [A#] and I have been around.
[G] Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo, it really is a [D] wow.
Teacher keeps him after [G] school so he can show her [C] how.
It's shiny and he says [G] it is [G] brand new.
And [D] he can do more tricks with it than his dad [D] can do.
[G] You [Cm] can't learn to play with it just [F#m] by your wishin'.
You gotta know [Cm] how to hold it in the right [B] position by [G] intuition.
And Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo and all the kids they [D] save.
If his dad finds out I play with it, there'll be [G] hell to pay.
[C] And Jacks and Emmys don't interest me any longer I confess.
Since [A#] I've played with Johnny's yo-yo, I'm spoiled [D] a bit I [Cm] guess.
I'm sure I could be happy [F#] and life would be [Gm] divine.
[Cm] If I knew that [Gm] Johnny's yo-yo [Cm] were mine, all [Em] mine.
I've told him I [G] would buy it [F] no matter what the [C] cost.
But Johnny says without his yo-yo [F#] he'd be [G] [Gm] lost.
And I [G] believe it.
[C] Why as for yesterday [G] I've had it.
Oh as for the way I [C] feel today.
Why [D] as for you, [G] forever at it.
[C#] Oh means only that it's here to stay.
I [Fm] love it [G] so.
[C] Why as for your [G] father's mustache.
Oh means only that here [G#] comes the end.
[F] Put them all [Fm]
together, [N] they spell [C] yo.
[G#]
[Dm] Believe me that's [G] always a fun [C] time.
Key:
G
C
D
Cm
F#
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ _ Children will be children, they're [C] such [Cm] dear little [G] girls and boys.
_ Haven't got a worry in the world except [D] about their toys.
[Am] Little Susie [E] Mae, [Em] who lives [G] across the way,
came to visit us and this is what she [Cm] had to _ [D] say.
_ [G] _ Johnny's got a yo-yo, [F#] he got it [D] from his dad.
He always lets me play with it, it's the best toy I [G] ever had.
[C] He never lends it out to any other [G] kids in town.
Cause [F#] I'm the only one who knows how to get [A] it up and down.
I'm older than [Em] the other kids [A#] and I have been around.
[G] Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo, it really is a [D] wow.
Teacher keeps him after [G] school so he can show her [C] how.
It's shiny and he says [G] it is [G] brand new.
And [D] he can do more tricks with it than his dad [D] can do.
[G] You [Cm] can't learn to play with it just [F#m] by your _ wishin'.
You gotta know [Cm] how to hold it in the right [B] position by [G] intuition. _ _
And Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo and all the kids they [D] save.
If his dad finds out I play with it, there'll be [G] hell to pay.
[C] And Jacks and Emmys don't interest me any longer I confess.
Since [A#] I've played with Johnny's yo-yo, I'm spoiled [D] a bit I [Cm] guess.
I'm sure I could be happy [F#] and life would be [Gm] divine.
[Cm] If I knew that [Gm] Johnny's yo-yo [Cm] were mine, all [Em] mine.
I've told him I [G] would buy it [F] no matter what the [C] cost.
But Johnny says without his yo-yo [F#] he'd be [G] [Gm] lost.
And I [G] believe it.
_ [C] Why as for yesterday [G] I've had it.
_ Oh as for the way I [C] feel today.
_ Why [D] as for you, _ [G] forever at it.
[C#] Oh means only that it's here to stay.
I [Fm] love it [G] so. _
[C] Why as for your [G] father's mustache.
Oh means only that here [G#] comes the end.
[F] Put them all [Fm]
together, [N] they spell [C] yo.
_ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [Dm] Believe me that's [G] always a fun [C] time. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Children will be children, they're [C] such [Cm] dear little [G] girls and boys.
_ Haven't got a worry in the world except [D] about their toys.
[Am] Little Susie [E] Mae, [Em] who lives [G] across the way,
came to visit us and this is what she [Cm] had to _ [D] say.
_ [G] _ Johnny's got a yo-yo, [F#] he got it [D] from his dad.
He always lets me play with it, it's the best toy I [G] ever had.
[C] He never lends it out to any other [G] kids in town.
Cause [F#] I'm the only one who knows how to get [A] it up and down.
I'm older than [Em] the other kids [A#] and I have been around.
[G] Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo, it really is a [D] wow.
Teacher keeps him after [G] school so he can show her [C] how.
It's shiny and he says [G] it is [G] brand new.
And [D] he can do more tricks with it than his dad [D] can do.
[G] You [Cm] can't learn to play with it just [F#m] by your _ wishin'.
You gotta know [Cm] how to hold it in the right [B] position by [G] intuition. _ _
And Johnny's got a yo [F#]-yo and all the kids they [D] save.
If his dad finds out I play with it, there'll be [G] hell to pay.
[C] And Jacks and Emmys don't interest me any longer I confess.
Since [A#] I've played with Johnny's yo-yo, I'm spoiled [D] a bit I [Cm] guess.
I'm sure I could be happy [F#] and life would be [Gm] divine.
[Cm] If I knew that [Gm] Johnny's yo-yo [Cm] were mine, all [Em] mine.
I've told him I [G] would buy it [F] no matter what the [C] cost.
But Johnny says without his yo-yo [F#] he'd be [G] [Gm] lost.
And I [G] believe it.
_ [C] Why as for yesterday [G] I've had it.
_ Oh as for the way I [C] feel today.
_ Why [D] as for you, _ [G] forever at it.
[C#] Oh means only that it's here to stay.
I [Fm] love it [G] so. _
[C] Why as for your [G] father's mustache.
Oh means only that here [G#] comes the end.
[F] Put them all [Fm]
together, [N] they spell [C] yo.
_ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [Dm] Believe me that's [G] always a fun [C] time. _ _ _ _ _ _ _