The Front Bottoms – Joanie (Guitar)

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-- Jonie by The Front Bottoms -- This song has not been studio recorded or officially released by the band itself but was recently played at a in-store solo show by lead singer Brian Sella.
Preferred Chords:
   A#  F   Gm   D#  Cm  F*
E-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D--3-----------8---3---10-|
A--1---3---5---6---5---8--|
E------1---3--------------|
[Intro] A# F Gm D# A# F x2
                A#
You swallow it down or spit it out
But either way let’s move along
         D#
I’m radioactive and in pieces
But I’m still feeling strong
       A#
I can walk away from all of this
Cars crash I just don’t care
 D#
Followers abandon me
‘Cause papa bear was unprepared
   Cm
If only you could hold me

   D#
My sweet sweet Jonie

     A#                       F
I know I’d be so brave right now 

   Cm
If only you could hold me

   D#
My sweet sweet Jonie

     A#                       F
I know I’d be so brave right now
A# F Gm D# A# F x2
 A#
Maybe I’ll get back to you
Maybe I haven’t learned a thing
 D#
This is the last time for you
But it’s not the last time for me
  A#
I love the things you pay for
that knock you down and make you dizzy
      D#
I got distracted along the way
shaking hands and looking busy
   Cm
If only you could hold me

   D#
My sweet sweet Jonie

     A#                       F
I know I’d be so brave right now 

   Cm
If only you could hold me

   D#
My sweet sweet Jonie

     A#                       F
I know I’d be so brave right now 

   Cm  D# A# F*
If only

          Cm    D# A# F*
You could hold me

               Cm D# A# F*
My sweet sweet Jonie 

                       Cm D# A#
Oh god my one and only
(pause) A# F Gm D# A# F x2
                     A#   F
You ever think that maybe

            Gm
I could be one of those things

    D#       A#
You hate at first

         F
But eventually learn to

A#             F
love and then trust 

            Gm
and then touch and then cut

   D#         A#
I bet you will

        F
Yeah I bet you will
A# F Gm D# A# F x2
A#  
Took a lot of day trips
'tryna get away trip
D#
Sorry I’ve got cold lips
Nothing left to say
         A#
I called double or nothing
on everything that I had
        D#
Finally am what I am
I am a bag of bags
Cm
Bag of bags

D#
That’s all I am 

       A#
Just a bag of bags

F *
That’s all I am

       Cm
just a bag of bags

D#
That’s all I am 

       A#         F *
just a bag of bags

   Cm  D# A# F*
If only

          Cm    D# A# F*
You could hold me

               Cm D# A# F*
My sweet sweet Jonie 

                       Cm D# A#
Oh god my one and only