Johnnys Gonna Die Chords & Tabs
Chords (Paul):
Fm Gm Bb5 C5
0 0 - -
0 0 - -
2 4 3 5
3 5 3 5
3 5 1 3
1 3 - -
Chords (Bob):
F5 G5 Bb5
- - -
- - -
- - 5
3 5 5
3 5 3
1 3 -
Lead intro (Bob)
[0:07] [0:11]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------<12>----------------------|
G|---10h12—9--------------------------------<12>-------------------<12>-------10h12—9------|
D|---------------------------------------------<12>-----------<12>-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------<12>-------------<12>---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------<12>-------------------------------------------------|
[0:22]
e|----------------------------12-13-15-13-12-13-12-----|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---10h12—9-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm intro (Paul)
It’s pretty much Fm-Gm progression. It’s pretty tricky to tab out but advice to
play it would be to down strum the chords and up strum the open notes.
On occasion Paul will barre the strings. These times can be heard pretty easily
though since there is a lot of muted strumming when he does this.
Verse 1 Rhythm (Paul)
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Johnny always takes more than he needs
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Knows a couple chords, knows a couple leads
Fm-Gm 4xs
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Johnny always needs more than he takes
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Forgets a couple of chords, forgets a couple of breaks
Fm Gm Fm Gm
And everybody tells me Johnny is hot
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Johnny needs something that he ain't got
Verse 1 Lead (Bob):
During singing:
F5 G5 [0:32 and 0:36]
e|-----------------------| e|-------------|
B|-----------------------| B|-------------|
G|-----------------------| Break( when Paul stops singing: G|---10h12—9---|
D|---------3--------5----| D|-------------|
A|------3---------5------| A|-------------|
E|---1---------3---------| E|-------------|
Chorus 1 Rhythm (Paul):
Bb5 C5
And Johnny's gonna die
Bb5 C5
Johnny's gonna die
Bb5 C5
Johnny's gonna die
Chorus 1 Lead (Bob):
[0:56] and [1:04] [1:00]
e|-------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------/10-10-10--------|
G|-----10---9-9-9—7-7-7----------------------||---10---9-9-9—7-7-7---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------7-7-7\------||----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 Rhythm (Paul):
Fm-Gm 8xs
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Everybody stares and everybody hoots
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Johnny always needs more than he shoots
Fm-Gm 4x’s
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/replacements/johnnys_gonna_die_tab.html ]
Fm Gm Fm Gm
Standing by a beach and there ain't no lake
Fm Gm Fm Gm
He's got friends without no guts, friends that never ache
Fm Gm Fm Gm
In New York City, I guess it's cool when it's dark
Fm Gm Fm Gm
There's one sure way Johnny you can leave your mark
Verse 2 Lead (Bob):
F5-G5 from 1st verse during singing
[1:20] [1:24]
e|----------------------------------13h15-x---12-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---10h12—9-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2 Rhythm (Paul):
Bb5 C5
And Johnny's gonna die
Bb5 C5
Johnny's gonna die
Bb5 C5
Nahnahnahnahnahnah……
Chorus 2 Lead (Bob):
[1:44] [1:48} |
e|------------------------------------------||------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------||------------------------|
G|----10---9-9-9—7-7-7----------------------||---10---9-9-9—7-7-7-----|
D|------------------------------7-7-7\------||------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------||------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------||------------------------|
[1:52]
----------------------||--------------------|
-----/10-10-10--------||--------------------|
----------------------||---10—9—7—9—7-------|
----------------------||-----------------7~-|
----------------------||--------------------|
----------------------||--------------------|
Solo 1 Rhythm (Paul)
Fm-Gm 12x’s
Solo 1 (Bob):
[1:56]
PM--------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8-(8xs)---|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7----7-----7---7---5----5----5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------7---5---7---5/7-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---12p8h12p8h12p8h12p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8 (2xs)----|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---12p8h10p8h12-----12p8-------------12p8------------------|
B|--------------------------10p8-10p8-------10p8h10~---------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 2 (Paul): I can’t figure it out at the moment, Will post solo when I figure it out
Solo 2 Rhythm (Bob): starts at [2:20]
F5-G5 14xs
Post-solo (Paul):
Bb5
Johnny…
C5
Johnny…
Bb5
Johnny…
C5
Johnny….
Post-Solo (Bob):
[2:44] [2:48] [2:56]
E|-----------||-------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B|---10------||---11---11-12-11-12-11-12-11-10------||---11----12------15----|
G|-----------||-------------------------------------||-----------------------|
D|-----------||-------------------------------------||-----------------------|
A|-----------||-------------------------------------||-----------------------|
E|-----------||-------------------------------------||-----------------------|
Outro (Paul):
Fm-Gm till fade
Outro (Bob):
[3:02]
E|----------------------13h15—12-----|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---10h12—9-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------| Fade
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
