Bruce Springstein

Johnny Bye Bye

Bruce Springstein


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[Verse]

E                                    A        E
She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
                             B         E 
And put her little boy on a Greyhound Bus
                        A             E
Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand
                            B        E
On a one-way ticket to the promised land
                          A        E
Hey little girl with the red dress on
                               B       E    
There's party tonight down in Memphis town
                                 A      E
I'll be going down there if you need a ride
                           B               E       
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died

[Interlude]

E A E B E

[Verse]

E                                A                E
We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black
                          B         E
Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac
                                         A               E
They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back
                                          B          E
A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone"
                            A          E
They found him slumped up against the drain
                             B                   E
With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins

[Chorus]

E    
Bye-bye Johnny
A           E
Johnny bye-bye
                             B              E
You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die

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