Johnny Run Away

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[Verse 1]
Bm                             
Johnny was a young boy, he liked 
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playing at the park
                D                  
And Johnny said: oh oh oh, dad can 
             A
you take me now?
Bm                                
Johnny was young, never hurt 
         G
no-one, too early for that
                              D
He was at the park, he met a boy 
named Jimmy
A
He's a cutie
                 Bm
And he chose him oh


[Verse 2]
                       G
Take my heart, take my soul, share 
my crayons, share my goals
D                                 
His daddy walked by with a sigh said
A
 Johnny sit by my side
           Bm                      
I’m gonna give you the best advice 
                           G
you've ever heard in your life
                     D
See that boy named Jimmy, yeah, he's
 a cutie
            A
But oh no Johnny no no no no ah ah 
ow


[Chorus]
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A
You get picked on by another, Better
 go and run for cover
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A                                 
You get picked on by another, 
                         F#m
Better go and run for cover


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[Verse 3]
Bm                                
Johnny started high school at the 
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front of the bus
                   D               
Some boys yelled oh oh-oh man come 
         A
sit with us
Bm                                
Johnny found a seat with a boy 
               G
named Pete and felt it again
                     D             
As he was trying to play pretend 
                       A
the feeling came rushing in

And he thought


[Chorus]
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A
You get picked on by another, Better
 go and run for cover
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A                                 
You get picked on by another, 
                   F#m
Better go and run for cover


[Verse 4]
G
And I don't want to talk about the 
trap, I've dreamed big
     D
Real big since I've been on daddy’s 
lap
                     A
Got my dreams by my side

Keep them in my pocket so that when 
I get the chance I can rip it out 
and rock it
                      G
It’s like my golden ticket, it’s the
 reason that I’m here
                 D
Everybody has a dream, but they're 
frozen by fear
                       A
We won't dance in the rain, we go 
and run for cover

All that is to blame is getting 
picked on by another
                  G
So we go and find someone that will 
love and support us
             D
Says they adore us, maybe fought for
 us
               A
Then, we forget about ambitions and 
decisions have changed

I think that I was only seven when 
oh


[Chorus]
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A
You'll get picked on by another
                       F#m
Better go and run for cover, nah no 
nah no
G
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
D
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
Johnny now
A
You'll get picked on by another

Better go and run for cover


[Post-Chorus]
G                             
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
          D
Johnny now
A
You'll get picked on by another

Better go and run for cover, nah nah
 nah nah
G                             
Johnny run away, run away, now, 
          D
Johnny now
A
You'll get picked on by another