G    320033
C    x32030
D    xx0232


[Verse 1]

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She had left him lost and broken
D                 G
Like no other had before
G                            C
And now his heart was just a token
D                   G
Of the pain it had endured
G                     C
And his memories were clouded
D                                  G
With all the hurtful things she'd said
G                       C
Yes, for all intent and purpose
D                           G
He might just as well been dead

[Chorus 1]

G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name
G             D               C                 G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
G           D         C                  G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
G        C
See, his body died some years ago
           D                             G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on

[Verse 2]

G                      C
He seemed far away and distant
D                         G
With that cold and silent stare
G                   C
Never moving, never speaking
D                         G
And just barely breathing air
G                      C
No one really knew her reason
D                              G
And who can judge her right or wrong
G                             C
The only true and solemn fact is
D                              G
The man we'd known was all but gone

[Chorus 2]

G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name
G             D               C                 G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
G           D         C                  G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
G        C
See, his body died some years ago
           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on

[Verse 3]

G                              C
Sissy Thompson said she'd seen him
D                         G
Late that night on Shelby Road
G                                  C
About a mile from there they found him
D                             G
It seems he'd died out in the snow
G                            C
I hear'd the preacher at the service
D                          G
Say from love he's finally free
G                           C
But I say love, it knows no season
D                       G
It haunts the soul eternally

[Chorus 3]

G               D                C                 G
And some people claim they still hear him call her name
G             D                C                G
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
G           D             C              G
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
G         C
Yeah, his body died some years ago
           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on
G        C
Yes, his body died some years ago
           D        C                    G
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on...