Johnnys Rhum
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste:
2nd traste
JOHNNY'S RHUM
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 2023 Album EQUAL STRAIN ON ALL PARTS)
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
C
e|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----0-3-|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3-------0-3--|
E|--3-----|----------------|----------3--------|-------3-----------3------|
C
e|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3------------|
E|----------------|----------3--------|-------3------------------|
[Verse 1]
C
I had a dream I was down at Jojo's
F C
Havin' a burger 'neath the setting sun
Am Em
Johnny was sitting in the corner
F G
Sippin' on a glass of Depaz Rhum
C
He was checking out all of the tombstones
F Am
'Cross the cemetery in Lorient
F C
The stage was hung, the soundcheck done
G C
He was ready for everyone
[Verse 2]
C
He strummed a guitar made of orchids
F C
And the who's who all were there
Am Em
Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, not to mention Buddy Holly
F G
Plus, a couple of Jordanaires
C
Colonel Parker was lurking on a nearby beach
F Am
With a contract full of deceit
F
But Johnny took the stage
C
And tore up every page
G C
And the crowd flew out of their seats
[Chorus]
F
Johnny Hallyday
C
Leap, and the net will appear
F
There's no other way
Am G
You ever could have wound up here
F C
All the blood and the sweat and the long shot bets
E F
And the things that the people say
C G
You were more than just the French Elvis
F C
You was Johnny Hallyday
[Interlude]
C
e|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----0-3-|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3-------0-3--|
E|--3-----|----------------|----------3--------|-------3-----------3------|
C
e|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3------------|
E|----------------|----------3--------|-------3------------------|
[Verse 3]
C
There was a sound come across the ocean
F C
From Memphis to the heart of France
Am Em
It made Johnny dream and made the young girls scream
F G
And everybody sing and dance
C
And the sound spread through all nations
F Am
But the source only played in one
F C
So Johnny made a plan, and he started a band
G C
And then made himself a hell of a run
[Chorus]
F
Johnny Hallyday
C
Leap, and the net will appear
F
There's no other way
Am G
You ever could have wound up here
F C
All the blood and the sweat and the long shot bets
E F
And the things that the people say
C G
You were more than just the French Elvis
F C
You was Johnny Hallyday
[Interlude]
C
e|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----0-3-|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3-------0-3--|
E|--3-----|----------------|----------3--------|-------3-----------3------|
C
e|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3------------|
E|----------------|----------3--------|-------3------------------|
[Bridge]
C
The Champs-Élysées was crowded
F C
Almost a million strong
F C
There to raise a glass and to watch him pass
G F
Maybe hoping for just one more song
[Chorus]
F
Johnny Hallyday
C
Leap, and the net will appear
F
There's no other way
Am G
We all could have wound up here
F C
All the blood and the sweat and the long shot bets
E F
And the things that the people say
C G
You were more than just the French Elvis
F
You was Johnny, yeah, you was Johnny
C
Johnny Hallyday
[Outro]
C
e|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----0-3-|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3-------0-3--|
E|--3-----|----------------|----------3--------|-------3-----------3------|
C
e|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0h2---2----0--|--0----------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------|-----3-------0--3--|--3-------0--3------------|
E|----------------|----------3--------|-------3------------------|
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