Flogging Molly – Sentimental Johnny (Guitar)

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As recorded by Flogging Molly (From the 2000 Album SWAGGER) [Intro] C G C G C N.C. [Verse 1]
          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny

                                  G
'Cause sentimental Johnny is your man

G
Sunshine or rain, the man's on his game

                    C
The chairman of the boards
[Verse 2]
C
He said Jesus, he walks on water

                               G
Not like us, he must have been sober

G
Marching away, on top of his lake

                  C
The savior of all souls
[Chorus]
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage

   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone

          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
N.C. Once more! [Interlude] C G C N.C. [Verse 3]
             C
Well, it was back in good old '57

                         G
When Johnny met Elvis in Memphis

G
Rocking on Sun, where it all begun

               C
A story yet to end
[Verse 4]
C
And by this time we're drinking up a fever

                        G
And in me he has a true believer

G
If only I could, just for one word

                C
To live it all again
[Chorus]
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage

   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone

          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can
[Bridge]
F                                  C
Rio, why don't you meet me down in Rio again?

        F                          C
Down in Rio, the carnival it never ends

        F                                  C
Down in Rio, we'll find a perfect world in Rio again

        D                                     G
Down in Rio, where the women still love their men
[Interlude] C G C G C N.C. Cm G7 Cm [Verse 5]
Cm
Well, Johnny, it's two in the morning

                                    G7
Don't you think it's time we should go?

G5
Back to our millions of records we love

                       Cm
Back to our sad little homes

Fm                           G
That was the last that I saw him

                    Cm
Never, no never, no more

  Fm                     G7
I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?

                       Cm
Save poor Johnny's old soul

  Fm                     G7
I wonder, did Jesus come to redeem him?

                       Cm
Save poor Johnny's old soul
[Interlude] Cm G7 C N.C. C G C [Out-Chorus]
F                      C
Leave me to die in the wreckage

   F                        G
As soon as it burns I'll be gone

          C
I'm going back to sentimental Johnny

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can

             F       G     C
What for? To take in all I can

              F       G     C
Once more, to take in all I can
N.C. Once more!