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The Ballad Of Little Johnny

from 2014 - Hell No Holiday by Bob Who and The Little Criminals

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The Ballad Of Little Johnny (for Paul Michael Zisholtz)
03/28/14 - FtLd

Little Johnny never
Was much of a man
Seems things he wanted
Never much wanted him
So he ended up on the side
Like so many of his friends

Little Johnny lived
On the corner 4th and main
In a three story walk up
With no running water only rain
That dripped in through the ceiling
Into a pan

And all the little monsters
Run away in the day
Yeah all the little monsters
Run away

Big Fred said Little Johnny
Don’t you ever wanna score
Make something of yourself
Yeah make something more
Than this dead life
That you’re living in

Little Johnny winked
So he and Big Fred
Walked down to banker’s row
Then up old cobbler’s lane
To a door with no handle just a lock
But Big Fred got in

And there was more gold
Silver, jewelry
Than anyone could ever want
Or really ever need
And they were stuffing it in bags
Just stuffing it in

And all the little monsters....

And everything was cool
Yeah everything was right
When suddenly a siren
Pierced through the night
That’s when Big Fred smashed
Little Johnny in the chin

He said someone’s gonna win
And someone’s gonna lose
And someone’s gotta give
And someone’s gotta choose
Then he took the loot
And locked Little Johnny in

And all the little monsters....

But Little Johnny had
A 22 in his coat
And when he finally took it out
He was just about
To shoot a hole in that door
When the police came in the other way

And Little Johnny turned
To face them like a man
But he still had
That 22 in his hand
And that was the last mistake
He ever made

And all the little monsters.... (2x)


verse:
39.49.57 - 49.57.68
47.56.67 - 45.54.65


chorus:
33.42.53 - 32.41.52 - Em - 35.45.53
33.42.53 - 32.41.52 - Em - 28.49.57


end:
49.57.68 - 47.56.67
28.49.57 - 45.54.65
49.57.68 - 47.56.67 - 28.49.57


(rolling pick)


copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.

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from 2014 - Hell No Holiday, released October 12, 2017

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