James – Johnny Yen (Guitar)

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As recorded by James (From the 1986 Album STUTTER) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D
Ladies and gentlemen, here's my disease

D
Give me a standing ovation and your sympathy

G                   A              D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again
[Verse 2]
D
See the jeaned genie on his high-wire act

D
At the back of his mind lies a suicide pact

G                   A              D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again
[Verse 3]
D
See the young men itching to burn

        G
Waiting for their own star turn

        D
Needing danger, a war would do

        G                         D
If they can't let it out, they'll pick on you

G                   A              D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again, fire again

Em                  G      A       D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again
[Interlude] D [Verse 4]
D
See Houdini and his underwater tricks

         G                                D
You were sitting at the front, hoping his locks would stick

D
Watch Knievel hit the 17th bus

D
You got crushed in the souvenir rush

G                   A              D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again

       A                   D
I said poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again
[Verse 5]
D
See the young men itching to burn

        Em
Waiting for their own star turn

        D
Needing danger, a war would do

        G                         D       A
If they can't let it out, they'll pick on you

                                   D
Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again, fire again

       Em                  G              D
I siad poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again
[Interlude] G D G D G D [Bridge]
D
Ladies and gentlemen, here's my disease

                                    G       D  G  D
Give me a standing ovation and your sympathy
[Verse 6]
D
Come on, somebody, finish him off please

D
Put the poor fool out of his misery, will you

G                             A
Can't you see he's had enough?

D
Finish him off, somebody

D
Next!
[Outro] G A D Em D