Johnny Got A Gun Chords by Tom Paxton

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_ _ _ Johnny's mom and [A] dad both worked long [G] hours and they [F#] worked on the [Bm] weekends too.
Johnny was eleven [F#m] but they had no [Em] notion of what Johnny [F#] was going [Bm] through.
[A] Johnny got pushed [D] and Johnny got [A] robbed and they made him feel chicken [D] to [F#] run.
[Bm] Big kids picked [A] on Johnny every [Em] day till Johnny [F#] went and got [Bm] him a gun.
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_ _ Johnny got a [A] gun, he didn't bring it [G] home, it covered [F#] it with rags [Bm] and dirt.
On his way to school [A] he looked both ways [G] then he hid [F#] it under [Bm] his shirt.
[A] Johnny was afraid [D] of going to school, [A] there was always trouble [D] in the [F#m] halls.
[Bm] Fights in the [A] boys room, guns in the [Em] lockers, little [F#] kids bouncing [Bm] off the walls.
[D] Johnny was [A] afraid of dying [G] young, everybody [F#] he knew had guns.
[Bm] So Johnny got a [G] gun and never [F#] let a thing [Bm] look cool.
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First time [A] Johnny flashed his [C#] gun, [F#] everybody [Bm] backed off fast.
Everybody treated [A] him differently [G] then, Johnny [F#] felt [Bm] safe at last.
[A] Johnny had a [D] gun and everybody [A] knew and everybody [D] left him [F#] alone.
[Bm] Till he bumped a [F#m] kid who was coming down the [G] stairs and the [F#] kid had a gun [Bm] of his own.
_ Kid pushed [A] Johnny, Johnny went [G] down and the [F#] kid had [Bm] something to say.
Pulled his [F#m] gun, Johnny shot [G] first then they blew [F#] the other [Bm] kid away.
[A] The police [D] came and they took away the gun, [A] said he wouldn't need a [D] gun anymore.
[C#] [Bm] Took him to the [A] station, sat him in a [G] chair and his feet [F#] didn't reach [Bm] the floor.
[D] Johnny was [A] afraid of dying [G] young, everybody [F#] he knew had [Bm] guns.
So Johnny got a [G] gun and never [F#] let a thing [Bm] look cool.
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_ _ _ Johnny had a [A] hearing, pled self [G] defense, [F#] prosecutor [Bm] said no way.
Judge said you're [A] irrelevant but you killed like a [G] man and you're [Bm] gonna be a long, long stay.
[A] Johnny's mom and [D] dad still work long [A] hours and they're not gonna [D] unite.
[C#] [Bm] They sit with [A] Johnny in the visitor [G] room and his [F#] feet don't [Bm] reach the floor.
[D] Johnny was [A] afraid of dying [G] young, everybody [F#] he knew had [Bm] guns.
So Johnny got a [G] gun and [F#] never let a [Bm] thing look cool.
[G] And his feet don't [Bm] reach the floor. _
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