WHERE'S JOHNNY
Shawn Mullins

words and music by Shawn Mullins

from "Eggshells" (SMG)
(c) 1992 Short Trip Music BMI


intro: | G        C(9) | 2x


G       C(9)                     G      C(9)
Young Johnny he really had a way

G                            C(9)                           G   C(9)
He did his homework on the school bus and always got an "A"

        G                            C(9)
and the girls liked Johnny more than anyone

                   G      C(9)
'cept maybe Elton John...

G                         C(9)                             G   C(9)
later on in high school he couldn't keep his red suspenders on


chorus: Em          D                   C(9)
        oh where's Johnny has he gone away
        oh where's Johnny will he be back someday


He had a room full of trophies
from the track meets and tennis games he'd win
he was a full blown whiz kid bound to be a Renaissance Man
then he went on off to college
got his head stuck in a different state of mind
when they asked him was it alcohol he told 'em
it was nothin of the kind
just life --
just life mom

chorus: Em           D                 C9
        oh where's Johnny has he gone away
        oh where's Johnny will he be back someday

bridge:
Em                        D
But Johnny's alright he just turned out his lights

            C9
they'd have paid it no mind

            D
had he not been so damn bright

Em                        D
he opened up his eyes and snapped out in a groove

   C9                               D
he saw both sides of everything and found he could not move


Johnny moved back home now he reads a lot of poetry and plays
He'll sit out in the back yard and not say a word to anyone for days
And his folks gave up they no longer even bother gettin through --
Yeah, he's 30 odd years old
I reckon they figured there's just so much you can do.


His mother keeps his pictures in a scrapbook in the drawer
with her pearls and she polishes the trophies
that he one back when they thought he'd save the world
back when the girls liked Johnny more than anyone
'cept maybe Elton John
she wonders where's her little boy with the braces and the red suspenders
gone
just life, just life, mom
just life, oh just life...



Chords:
intro and verse:  G  320033     C(9)  x32033

chorus and bridge: Em 022000    D  xx0232       C9 x32030

source: Beth

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