Lost Johnny Chords

by Hawkwind
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author upsidedown115 [a] 1,200.
1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 19, 2021

Chords

G
A
D
E
C

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Lost Johnny
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    G  A
You only get a single chance
     G    A
The rules are very plain
      G   A
The truth is well concealed inside
     G A
the details of the game
         D  E
You can see it coming
         D   E
You can hear it from afar
      D   E
It's pale and it flickers
        C     D      G-A
Like a faded movie sta-ar
 
    D    E
And up there in the castle
          D E
they're trying to make us scream
     D  E
by sticking thumb tacks in her flesh
     C     D         G-A
and cancelling the dre-am
 
 D   E
Can you find the Valium?
 D   E
Can you bring it soon?
 C            D                        G-A
Lost Johnny's out there baying at the Mo-on
 
     G    A
The time has come for you to choose
           G  A
and you'd better get it right
 G  A
Berlin girls with sharp white teeth
     G  A
are waiting in the night
 
        D      E
But you ought to really get some
    D   E
It surely can't be hard
        D  E
There's always trouble waiting
          C         D         G-A
when you leave your own back ya-ard
 
    D     E
And underneath the city
    D  E
the alligators sing
       D    E
about how the puppets cannot dance
       C       D           G-A
since someone cut their stri-ings
 
 D  E
Run and get the morphine
     D     E
for God's sake make it brief
 C            D                      G-A
Lost Johnny's out there looking for relief
 
        G     A
Now he sounds and looks so evil
          G   A
and you know he really tries
    G   A
but every time he makes a play
      G A
that vital number dies
 
     D  E
And Sally buys her underwear
         D     E
from a store where no-one goes
     D    E
She makes it big in photographs
          C          D        G-A
on the strength of what she sho-ows
 
     D   E
And here inside the waiting room
     D  E
the radio still screams
     D    E
And we're all taking Tuenol
    C     D           G-A
to murder our young dre-ams
 
 D  E
Run and fetch your credit card
  D  E
Try to make it quick
 C            D                            G-A
Lost Johnny's out there trying to turn a tri-ick 
 
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Lost Johnny – Hawkwind
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Stub_Mandrel
The G-A pattern and the D-E one are actually played by strumming the open chords and hammering on the A or E-shape. This simpler approach captures the 'drone' of the original, even on an acoustic. If only I could sing like Lemmy ;-) Some of the chord changes aren't well co-ordinated with the lyrics.
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