Dwight Yoakam - Johnson's Love guitar tab
Dwight Yoakam - Johnson's Love (Acoustic)
By axehappy - axehappyuk@yahoo.co.uk
This song has a very distinctive picking style, which I have tabbed out at the
end of the lyrics. Use it as a guide, because I haven't got it exactly the same
as the recording, but it works well enough!
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*INTRO*
Verse 1
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N/C C
She had left him lost and broken,
D G C G
Like no other had before.
C
Now his heart was just a token,
D G C G
Of the pain it had endured.
C
And his memories were clouded,
D G C G
With all the hurtful things she'd said.
C
Yes, for all intent and purpose,
D G C G
He might just as well been dead.
Chorus
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D C G C G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name.
D C G C G
Hey, hey Maureen...swear they hear it just that plain.
D C G C G
Deep in the night, lord and sometimes right at dawn.
C D
You see his body died some years ago but around here,
G C G
Mr Johnson's love lives on.
Verse 2
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C
He seemed far away and distant,
D G C G
With that cold and silent stare.
C
Never moving never speaking,
D G C G
And just barely breathing air.
C
No-one really knew the reason,
D G C G
And who can judge her right or wrong.
C
The only true and solemn fact is...
D G C G
The man we'd known was all but gone.
*CHORUS*
Verse 3
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C
Sissy Thompson said she'd seen him,
D G C G
Late that night on Shelby Road.
C
About a mile from there they found him,
D G C G
It seems he'd died out in the snow.
C
I heard the preacher at the service,
D G C G
Say from love he's finally free.
C
But I say love it knows no seasons,
D G C G
It haunts the soul eternally.
*CHORUS*
C D
Yeah, his body died some years ago but around here,
G C G C G C G
Mr Johnson's love lives on.
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*INTRO*
G C G C G
E------3------------3----------3------------3------3~~~
B------0-0--------1-1-1--------0-0--------1-1-1----0~~~
G----0---0----0---0---0------0---0----0---0---0----0~~~
D----0--------0h2------------0--------0h2----------0~~~
A--2-----------------------2-----------------------2~~~
E--3-----------------------3-----------------------3~~~
*VERSE*
C D G
E------0-------0-----0--------2----------------3------
B------1-1-----0-----0--------3-3--------------0-0----
G--------0-0-----0----------2---2-2----------0---0----
D----2-----0h2---0h2------0-------0----------0--------
A--3--------------------------------0-0----2----------
E-----------------------------------0-2----3----------
C G
E--------3----------3-------------
B------1-1-1--------0-0-----------
G--0---0---0------0---0----------- (Repeat from start of verse x 3)
D--0h2------------0--------0-0----
A---------------2--------2-0-2----
E---------------3--------3--------
C D G
E------0-------0-----0--------2----------------3------
B------1-1-----0-----0--------3-3--------------0-0----
G--------0-0-----0----------2---2-2----------0---0----
D----2-----0h2---0h2------0-------0----------0--------
A--3--------------------------------0-0----2----------
E-----------------------------------0-2----3----------
C G
E--------3------3~~~---
B------1-1-1----0~~~---
G--0---0---0----0~~~---
D--0h2----------0~~~---
A---------------2~~~---
E---------------3~~~---
*CHORUS* (Slowly strum through chords after picking bass notes)
D C
E------2-2-------2-----------0-0-----0------
B-----3--3------3--3--------1--1-----1-1----
G----2---------2---2-------0-----0-----0----
D--0---------0------------2------0h2--------
A----------0------------3-------------------
E-------------------------------------------
G
E------3------------3----------3------------
B------0-0--------1-1-1--------0-0----------
G----0---0----0---0---0------0---0----------
D----0--------0h2------------0--------0-0-0- (Repeat chorus x 2)
A--2-----------------------2----------2-0-0-
E--3-----------------------3----------3-2-0-
D C
E------2-2-------2-----------0-0-----0------
B-----3--3------3--3--------1--1-----1-1----
G----2---------2---2-------0-----0-----0----
D--0---------0------------2------0h2--------
A----------0------------3-------------------
E-------------------------------------------
G C G C
E------3------------3----------3-----------------0-------0-----0-
B------0-0--------1-1-1--------0-0---------------1-1-----0-----0-
G----0---0----0---0---0------0---0-----------------0-0-----0-----
D----0--------0h2------------0----------0-0----2-----0h2---0h2---
A--2-----------------------2----------2-0-2--3-------------------
E--3-----------------------3----------3--------------------------
D G C G
E-----2~~~~--------------3------------3------3~~~~
B----3~~~~~--------------0-0--------1-1-1----0~~~~
G---2~~~~~~--2---------0---0----0---0---0----0~~~~
D--0~~~~~~~--0---------0--------0h2----------0~~~~
A--------------0-0---2-----------------------2~~~~
E--------------0-2---3-----------------------3~~~~
