The Bouncing Souls - The Ballad Of Johnny X

      Bouncing Souls
The Ballad Of Johnny X
Maniacal Laughter
1996
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E, A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -  022100
A -  x02220
B -  x24442
D -  xx0232
Bm - x24432


Verse 1:
E
  Johnny says he's bound
        A
by only six strings to
          E
this world Johnny says
he keeps them always
A
one turn out of tune


Chorus 1:
B
  Johnny never listens
       A
to the kids that say
E
  Johnny x ain't
never done the
A
right thing anyway


Verse 2: Beat changes
E
  Johnny wears his leather
       A
like a crown of thorns
E
  Johnny spends alot of
            A
time wishing he was


Chorus 2:
           B
never born Johnny
waits at journal
           A
square and tells
himself again
E
Johnny you're
the patron saint of
A
  spitting in the wind


Guitar Solo:
A--D-- x4
Bm--A--E--


Verse 3:
E
  Johnny's got all
the scars but
      A
he'll never
learn from them
E
  Johnny's past
is his guide
       A
but he can't
remember where
he's been


Chorus 3:
B
  Johnny looks
up through the
steam of his
A
caffine and
     E
says life a
train i barely
caught just
   A
to find out
i ain't got
    E-- x8
the fare


Verse 4:
E          A
  i got my records
       
of the fuge
E             A
  the red red wine
in the air is
        B
drifting four
chords and the
 A
spite to use
    E
them and just
       A
enough wisdom
to ignore the truth


Outro: 
A--D-- x4 Bm--A--E--Bm--A--E(Hold)
Johnny