Chords for Robert Cray Band - Poor Johnny - Ithaca, NY - March 13, 2015

Tempo:
101.95 bpm
Chords used:

F#m

Em

Bm

A

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Robert Cray Band - Poor Johnny - Ithaca, NY - March 13, 2015 chords
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[G#m] [Am]
[E] [A#] [A]
[Em] It's true.
[G] [E]
[Bm] [F#]
[A]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [A]
[B] I [A] miss…
[E] Have you [Bm] seen?
[F#m] Have you seen?
[Em] I'm gonna tell you [F#m] a tale.
[Em] Wasn't that long [F#m] ago?
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm] I had a guy who [F#m] turned out to [Em] be
a cheap and [F#m] got-bitter.
[Em] Show that [F#m] story go.
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm] Try to [F#m] play more
and hang [Em] on to friends.
[F#m] Thank you,
I [Em] said [F#m] [Em] [F#m]
[Bm] he got [F#m] caught in a [Em] trap
[A]
[Em] [F#m] anymore
[Em] [D] one night, came home [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky to come [Em] out
what's from [Bm] the love
[F#m] love from the heart
ain't too [Bm] good now
ain't [G] that now
[Bm] [F#m]
[Em] [F#m] [Em] what I [F#m] was [Em] saying
[F#m] [Bm] money and the [F#m] clothes
and the [Em] cars that he [F#m] drove
his [Em] captains, [F#m]
[Em] [F#m] his [Bm] friends
he [F#m] was king
[Em] cause he thought of [F#m] many
[Em] acceptance, [F#m] number [Em] one
and [A] she [B] had kids
[F#m] and a house
[Em] [A] [Em] over [A] the love
[Em] [A] [D] came home, [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out
[Em] [D]
[F#m] what's from the [F#] love
[Bm] love from [G] the heart
[Em]
[A] ain't [F#m] too good now
[Bm] [F#] ain't that now
[A] they were on the street
[F#m] and they had to teach him a lesson
ain't that now
[Bm] [F#m] [A]
[E]
[Bm] [F#m] [E]
[Em] [B] [Em] [D]
[Bm] [Em] [A]
[Em] [B] [Em] [A]
[B] [F#m] [E]
[B] one [D] night, came home
[F#m] looking cool
[F#m] one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out
[Em] what's [D] from the [Bm] love
ain't too good now
ain't that [G]
now
one night, [Bm] came home [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out that way
what's [D] from the love
[Bm]
[F#m] ain't too good now
[Em] ain't that now
[G] or
[Bm]
not
[F#m] [E] [A]
[F#m]
[Bm] [C#] [A]
[E] [A]
[Bm] [F#] [B] [A]
[E] [Em]
[Bm] [F#m] [A]
[Em] [A]
[B] [F#] [Bm]
[B]
[F#] [E]
[Em] [A] [Em]
[A#] [B] or not or [A] not [B] [A] or [E] not
[A] [Bm] or [F#]
[A] not
[B] [A] [Em] [D] [B] [D]
[C#] [B]
[Bm]
Key:  
F#m
123111112
Em
121
Bm
13421112
A
1231
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
Em
121
Bm
13421112
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To start learning Robert Cray, The Robert Cray Band - (Live) Poor Johnny chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: G, Em, E, A, Bm, F#m, Bm, G, Em and Bm. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _
[Em] It's true.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] I [A] miss…
[E] _ _ Have you [Bm] seen?
[F#m] Have you seen?
[Em] I'm gonna tell you [F#m] a tale.
[Em] Wasn't that long [F#m] ago?
_ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
[Bm] I had a guy who [F#m] turned out to [Em] be
a cheap and [F#m] got-bitter.
[Em] Show that [F#m] story go.
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _
[Bm] Try to [F#m] play more
and hang [Em] on to friends.
[F#m] Thank you,
I [Em] said [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] he got [F#m] caught in a [Em] trap
_ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] anymore
[Em] _ _ [D] one night, came home [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky to come [Em] out
_ what's from [Bm] the love
_ [F#m] love from the heart
ain't too [Bm] good now
ain't [G] that now _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] what I [F#m] was [Em] saying
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] money and the [F#m] clothes
and the [Em] cars that he [F#m] drove
his [Em] captains, _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] his [Bm] friends
he [F#m] was king
[Em] cause he thought of [F#m] many
[Em] acceptance, [F#m] number [Em] one
and [A] she [B] had kids
[F#m] and a house
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] over [A] the love
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] came home, [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] what's from the [F#] love
[Bm] love _ from [G] the heart
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ ain't [F#m] too good now
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] ain't that now
[A] they were on the street
[F#m] and they _ _ had to teach him a lesson
ain't _ that now
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ one [D] night, came home
[F#m] looking cool
[F#m] one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out
_ [Em] what's [D] from the [Bm] love _ _ _ _ _
ain't too good now
ain't that [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ now
one night, [Bm] came home [F#m] looking cool
one day, [Bm] just wasn't lucky
to [G] come out that way
what's [D] from the love
[Bm] _
[F#m] ain't _ _ too good now
[Em] ain't that now
_ [G] or _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
not
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A#] _ [B] _ _ _ or not or [A] not _ [B] _ _ [A] or [E] not _
[A] _ [Bm] _ or [F#] _ _ _
[A] not
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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The 4 Nights of 40 Years Live album includes this song.

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