Dwight Yoakam – Johnsons Love (Guitar)

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This is a really easy song, that brings back memories of singing with my Dad, while he played guitar around a bonfire. I didn't see any tab for it, so if you like Dwight Yoakam, here is an easy classic. G 320033 C x32030 D xx0232 [Verse 1]
G                         C
She had left him lost and broken

D                 G
Like no other had before

G                            C
And now his heart was just a token

D                   G
Of the pain it had endured

G                     C
And his memories were clouded

D                                  G
With all the hurtful things she'd said

G                       C
Yes, for all intent and purpose

D                           G
He might just as well been dead
[Chorus 1]
G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name

G             D               C                 G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain

G           D         C                  G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn

G        C
See, his body died some years ago

           D                             G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on
[Verse 2]
G                      C
He seemed far away and distant

D                         G
With that cold and silent stare

G                   C
Never moving, never speaking

D                         G
And just barely breathing air

G                      C
No one really knew her reason

D                              G
And who can judge her right or wrong

G                             C
The only true and solemn fact is

D                              G
The man we'd known was all but gone
[Chorus 2]
G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name

G             D               C                 G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain

G           D         C                  G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn

G        C
See, his body died some years ago

           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on
[Verse 3]
G                              C
Sissy Thompson said she'd seen him

D                         G
Late that night on Shelby Road

G                                  C
About a mile from there they found him

D                             G
It seems he'd died out in the snow

G                            C
I hear'd the preacher at the service

D                          G
Say from love he's finally free

G                           C
But I say love, it knows no season

D                       G
It haunts the soul eternally
[Chorus 3]
G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name

G             D                C                G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain

G           D             C              G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn

G         C
Yeah, his body died some years ago

           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on

G        C
Yes, his body died some years ago

           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on...