Johnny One Note Chords by Ella Fitzgerald
Tempo:
120.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Dm
Gm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C] Johnny could only sing one note and the note he sang was [G] this Ahhhhh
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] sang out [G] with gusto [C] and just [G] overlorded [C] the place
[Gm]
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] yelled [G] willy nilly [C] until he [G] was blue in [E] the [A] face
[C]
For holding [G] one note [C] was his ace
Couldn't [Eb] hear the brass
[G] Couldn't [C] hear the drum
He was [Eb] in the class [G] by [C] himself, by [G] gum
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
God [Dm] in [C] Aida, indeed [Dm] a great [G] chance [C] to be brave
[G]
[C] He [Gm] took his [G] one [C] note
Out [Dm] like the [C] north wind, brought forth [Dm] wind that made [E] critics [A]
[C] rave
Wild word [Dm] he [G] turned [C] round in his grave
Couldn't [Eb] hear the flute
[G] Or the [C] big trombone
[Em] [Eb] Everyone was mute
[G] Johnny [C] stood alone
[Cm] Cats [G] and [D] dogs stopped yapping
[Cm] Lions in [D] the zoo
[A] All were jealous [Em] of [Cm] Johnny's big trill
[G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] Thunderclaps stopped clapping
Traffic [D] seized its roar
And they tell us [G] Niagara [Cm] stood still
He [G] stopped the train
[C] Whistles, bolt [G] whistles, steam [C] whistles
[Dm] Stopped whistles, [Eb] all whistles
Bowed to [G] his skin
[C] Sing [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
Sing [G] out with gusto
[C] And just [G] overwhelm [C] all the [G] crowd
[C] [Gm] [G] So [C]
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[E] [C] sing Johnny [Dm] One [C] Note out [Dm] loud
[C] Sing Johnny One Note
[Gm] [Em] Sing
[Eb] Johnny [C] One Note [Db] [C]
loud
[Eb] [C] [G] [C]
[C] Johnny could only sing one note and the note he sang was [G] this Ahhhhh
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] sang out [G] with gusto [C] and just [G] overlorded [C] the place
[Gm]
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] yelled [G] willy nilly [C] until he [G] was blue in [E] the [A] face
[C]
For holding [G] one note [C] was his ace
Couldn't [Eb] hear the brass
[G] Couldn't [C] hear the drum
He was [Eb] in the class [G] by [C] himself, by [G] gum
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
God [Dm] in [C] Aida, indeed [Dm] a great [G] chance [C] to be brave
[G]
[C] He [Gm] took his [G] one [C] note
Out [Dm] like the [C] north wind, brought forth [Dm] wind that made [E] critics [A]
[C] rave
Wild word [Dm] he [G] turned [C] round in his grave
Couldn't [Eb] hear the flute
[G] Or the [C] big trombone
[Em] [Eb] Everyone was mute
[G] Johnny [C] stood alone
[Cm] Cats [G] and [D] dogs stopped yapping
[Cm] Lions in [D] the zoo
[A] All were jealous [Em] of [Cm] Johnny's big trill
[G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] Thunderclaps stopped clapping
Traffic [D] seized its roar
And they tell us [G] Niagara [Cm] stood still
He [G] stopped the train
[C] Whistles, bolt [G] whistles, steam [C] whistles
[Dm] Stopped whistles, [Eb] all whistles
Bowed to [G] his skin
[C] Sing [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
Sing [G] out with gusto
[C] And just [G] overwhelm [C] all the [G] crowd
[C] [Gm] [G] So [C]
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[E] [C] sing Johnny [Dm] One [C] Note out [Dm] loud
[C] Sing Johnny One Note
[Gm] [Em] Sing
[Eb] Johnny [C] One Note [Db] [C]
loud
[Eb] [C] [G] [C]
Key:
C
G
Dm
Gm
Eb
C
G
Dm
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Johnny could only sing one note and the note he sang was [G] this _ Ahhhhh _ _ _ _ _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] sang out [G] with gusto [C] and just [G] overlorded [C] the place
[Gm] _ _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] yelled [G] willy nilly [C] until he [G] was blue in [E] the [A] face
[C]
For holding [G] one note [C] was his ace
Couldn't [Eb] hear the brass
[G] Couldn't [C] hear the drum
He was [Eb] in the class [G] by [C] himself, by [G] gum _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
God [Dm] in [C] Aida, indeed [Dm] a great [G] chance [C] to be brave
[G] _
[C] He [Gm] took his [G] one [C] note
Out [Dm] like the [C] north wind, brought forth [Dm] wind that made [E] critics _ [A] _
[C] rave
Wild word [Dm] he [G] turned [C] round in his grave
Couldn't [Eb] hear the flute
[G] Or the [C] big trombone
[Em] [Eb] Everyone was mute
[G] Johnny [C] stood alone
_ [Cm] Cats [G] and [D] dogs stopped yapping
[Cm] Lions in [D] the zoo
[A] All were jealous [Em] of [Cm] Johnny's big trill
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] [Cm] Thunderclaps stopped clapping
Traffic [D] seized its roar
And they tell us [G] Niagara [Cm] stood still
He [G] stopped the train
[C] Whistles, bolt [G] whistles, steam [C] whistles
[Dm] Stopped whistles, [Eb] all whistles
Bowed to [G] his skin
_ _ [C] Sing [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
Sing [G] out with gusto
[C] And just [G] overwhelm [C] all the [G] crowd
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] [G] So [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] sing Johnny [Dm] One [C] Note out [Dm] loud
[C] _ Sing Johnny One Note
_ [Gm] _ [Em] _ Sing _
[Eb] Johnny [C] One Note [Db] _ _ [C] _
loud
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Johnny could only sing one note and the note he sang was [G] this _ Ahhhhh _ _ _ _ _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] sang out [G] with gusto [C] and just [G] overlorded [C] the place
[Gm] _ _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One Note [C] yelled [G] willy nilly [C] until he [G] was blue in [E] the [A] face
[C]
For holding [G] one note [C] was his ace
Couldn't [Eb] hear the brass
[G] Couldn't [C] hear the drum
He was [Eb] in the class [G] by [C] himself, by [G] gum _
[C] Poor [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
God [Dm] in [C] Aida, indeed [Dm] a great [G] chance [C] to be brave
[G] _
[C] He [Gm] took his [G] one [C] note
Out [Dm] like the [C] north wind, brought forth [Dm] wind that made [E] critics _ [A] _
[C] rave
Wild word [Dm] he [G] turned [C] round in his grave
Couldn't [Eb] hear the flute
[G] Or the [C] big trombone
[Em] [Eb] Everyone was mute
[G] Johnny [C] stood alone
_ [Cm] Cats [G] and [D] dogs stopped yapping
[Cm] Lions in [D] the zoo
[A] All were jealous [Em] of [Cm] Johnny's big trill
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] [Cm] Thunderclaps stopped clapping
Traffic [D] seized its roar
And they tell us [G] Niagara [Cm] stood still
He [G] stopped the train
[C] Whistles, bolt [G] whistles, steam [C] whistles
[Dm] Stopped whistles, [Eb] all whistles
Bowed to [G] his skin
_ _ [C] Sing [Gm] Johnny [G] One [C] Note
Sing [G] out with gusto
[C] And just [G] overwhelm [C] all the [G] crowd
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] [G] So [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] sing Johnny [Dm] One [C] Note out [Dm] loud
[C] _ Sing Johnny One Note
_ [Gm] _ [Em] _ Sing _
[Eb] Johnny [C] One Note [Db] _ _ [C] _
loud
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _