Gavin DeGraw – Freedom Johnnys Song (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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Johnny's got a family of five, and he works for the state

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He got debts that are piling high, and an old Chevrolet

 C
Willie on the dash playin' tunes

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Smells like grass 'cause he's covered in June

        C
Picking up extra cash, mowing lawns with his kids
[Verse 2]
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Stained sneakers walk through the church as they kneel down to pray

      F                                                            Dm
Sayin', "Please Lord, have pity on us, take our troubles away

       C
These seeds that we're plantin' with you

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We hope one day, your Lord will come true"

    C
I remember еven right now that look on his face
[Chorus]
                       F              Am
So we'd gеt high and we'd ramble

       Bb                       F
Get drunk and we'd gamble

      Bb                       F
Teenagers cruisin' at 75

     Dm                            C
Singin' "Sweet Home Alabama"

          F                    Am
Stay out all damn weekend

     Bb                        F
Sundays are for sleeping

       Bb                              F
Nobody leaving this planet alive

       Dm                              C
Might as well enjoy your freedom

                  Bb
Yeah, freedom
C F - C Bb - C F - C Bb - C F [Verse 3]
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Mom says she gonna enlist, and the Corps pays for school

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They'll have more money they could work with if she just had the tools

      C
John says, "What you think's best

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I'll work doubles and make up the rest"

        C
Still drown in college debt
I'll never forgive or forget [Chorus]
        F                             Am
So we'd get high and we'd ramble

        Bb                      F
Get drunk and we'd gamble

      Bb                       F
Teenagers cruisin' at 75

     Dm                             C
Singin' "Sweet Home Alabama"

       F                       Am
Stay out all damn weekend

        Bb                     F
Sundays are for sleeping

         Bb                            F
Nobody leaving this planet alive

          Dm                           C
Might as well enjoy your freedom

         Bb
Yeah, freedom
[Bridge]
        C Bb              C Bb
Went to Woodstock

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With his draft papers in his back pocket from Vietnam

      Bb               C Bb
Workin' in the slammer
Did hard time Went through hell together
                           C F
They'd die for each other

                             C
Oh, these lovers in arms
[Chorus]
          F                                  Am
Yeah, they'd get high and they'd ramble

        Bb                        F
Get drunk and they'd gamble

            Bb                                  F
When they were younger like everyone else

        Dm                                    C
Like you couldn't blow out their candle

    F                          Am
Stay out all damn weekend

       Bb                      F
Sundays are for sleeping

            Bb                         F
Nobody leaving this planet alive

                    Dm                 C
Might as well enjoy your freedom

                Bb
Yeah, freedom