Johnny and Mary    (video)

 

    C ~ ~            +  C - Am    - C - E     - F - G

 

                                C                                           Am

1. Johnny’s always running around, trying to find certainty,

                                 C                                                E

    he needs all the world to confirm that he ain’t lonely.

                                 F                              G

    Mary counts the walls, knows he tires easily.

                                    C                                                   Am

    Johnny thinks the world would be right, if it could buy truth from him,

                              C                                                  E

    Mary says he changes his mind more than a woman.

                                   F                                G

    But she made her bed, even when the chance was slim.

 

+  C - Am    - C - E     - F - G

 

                                  C                                                 Am

2. Johnny says he’s willing to learn, when he decides he’s a fool,

                                 C                                                    E

    Johnny says he’ll live anywhere when he earns time to.

                                F                                     G

    Mary combs her hair, says she should be used to it.

                           C                                                     Am

    Mary always hedges her bets, she never knows what to think,

                                 C                                            E

    she says that he still acts like he is being discovered,

                                     F                        G

    scared that he’ll be caught without a second thought.

 

       C                       - Am    - C - E     - F - G

+  Running around.

 

                                   C                                              Am

3. Johnny feels he’s wasting his breath trying to talk sense to her,

                             C                                             E

    Mary says he’s lacking a real sense of proportion.

                                    F                            G

    So she combs her hair, knows he tires easily.

                                C                                           Am

    Johnny’s always running around trying to find certainty,

                                 C                                                E

    he needs all the world to confirm that he ain’t lonely.

                                 F                                      G

    Mary counts the walls, says she should be used to it.

 

 

 

                                C                       - Am

+  Johnny’s always running around,

     C                         - E   - F - G

    running around.

 

+  C - Am    - C - E     - F - G (2x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Robert Palmer)