Top o' the mornin to ye! This is a marvelously energetic song (Texts of songs ) by a marvelously
energetic band, so if your hand isn't worn out by the end of the song (Texts of songs ) you're not
strumming fast enough. Like all my other F.M. tabs, there are some parts here
(like the accordion solo) that really shouldn't be played on guitar, so blessed
is he who has an accordion, fiddle, or tin whistle player in his band. Enjoy!
Flogging Molly - Sentimental Johnny
Intro:
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C
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Verse 1:
C
I’m goin’ back to Sentimental Johnny
G
Cause Sentimental Johnny is your man
Sunshine or rain, the man’s on his game
C
The chairman of the boards
He says Jesus, he walks on water
G
Not like us, he must have been sober
Marching away on top of his lake
C
The savior of all souls
Chorus: (Gtr. 1 plays notes while Gtr. 2 plays chords)
F C F G
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C F G C F G C
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F C
Leave me to die in the wreckage
F G
As soon as it burns I’ll be gone
C
I’m goin’ back to Sentimental Johnny (what for?)
F G C
To take in all I can (what for?)
F G C
To take in all I can (ONCE MORE!!!)
(Repeat intro)
Verse 2:
Well it was back in good ole ‘57
When Johnny met Elvis in Memphis
Rockin’ on sun, where it all begun
A story yet to end
And by this time we’re drinkin’ up a fever
And in me, he has a true believer
If only I could, just for one word
To live it all again
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
F C
Rio, why don’t ya meet me down in Rio... again
F C
Down in Rio, the carnival it never ends
F C
Down in Rio, we’ll find a perfect world in Rio... again
D G
Down in Rio, where the women still love their men
(Repeat intro)
Accordion solo: (play once, then repeat with verse 3)
