Johnny Silvers Chords & Tabs
JOHNNY SILVERS
(Tyla, Bam, Bath, James)
[G Em Am C]
G Em
Sister devastation was a good friend of his
Am C
She held him very long and very right
G Em
She whispered him to sleep with the blues in the night
Am C
And she slept until the dawn dragged him into light
G Em
He used to dream he lived
Em
by the ocean so blue
Am C
and his bride was a princess form the north,
He used to see the future in a potion that he drank
Am C
but the more he saw the more he fell apart
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
everybody missed him when he died
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
'cause everybody has a piece of him inside
G Em
Jesus was a junkyhe was strung out on a cross
Am
and the devil was just a little child
C
strummin' for a loss,
G
They put the two together,
Em Am
starring into a film, and they lifted the story from
C
the good book of doom
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G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
everybody missed him when he died
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
'cause everybody has a piece of him inside
[Slide guitar solo, B7 C]
[Piano Solo, G Em Am C]
[Slide guitar solo, G Em Am C]
G
He drove himself past oblivion
Em
he was shot from both sides
Am C
when they found his boy his soul just cried
G
it said, take me from this heaven
Em
take me from this hell,
Am C
it's a place, i've lived far too long and know too well.
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
everybody missed him when he died
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Silvers
G Em Am C
'cause everybody has a piece of him inside
B7 C
Everybody, everybody missed him when he died [x2]
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Johnny Thunders
G Em Am C
everybody missed him when he died
G Em Am C
Everybody loved Stiv Bators
G Em Am C
'cause everybody has a piece of him inside
