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UB40 - Johnny Too Bad

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      Below's the Reggae/Rhythm Guitar Chords and the Lyrics pattern for UB40's version
of 'Johnny Too Bad' which is taken from their 1983 hit L.P 'Labour Of Love'.

[Chords]
        G#        D#        C#
        EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
        466544    X68886    X46664 

[Intro]
G#    G#    D#    D#    C#    C#    G#    G#    

[Verse 1]
G#                           D#
Walkin' down the road with a pistol in your waist
              C#            G#
Johnny you're too bad  [wo-oy]
                             D#
Walkin' down the road with a ratchet in your waist
              C#            G#
Johnny you're too bad  [wo-oy]

[Chorus 1]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You're too bad  [too bad]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You're too bad  [too bad]

[verse 2]
G#                              D#
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
                    C#        G#
Where you gonna run to?  [wo-oy]
                                D#
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
                    C#        G#
Where you gonna run to?  [wo-oy]

[Chorus 2]
                 C#                 D#
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
                   G#
And there'll be no rock  [no rock]
                 C#                 D#
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
                   G#
And there'll be no rock  [no rock]

[Keyboards Instrumental 1]
G#    G#    D#    D#    C#    C#    G#    G#    
G#    G#    D#    D#    C#    C#    G#    G#  

[Verse 3]
G#                           D#
Walkin' down the road with a pistol in your waist 
              C#            G#
Johnny you're too bad  [wo-oy]
                             D#
Walking down the road with a ratchet in your waist
              C#            G#
Johnny you're too bad  [wo-oy]

[Chorus 3]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You're too bad  [too bad]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You're too bad  [too bad]

[Verse 4]
G#                              D#
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
                    C#        G#
where you gonna run to?  [wo-oy]
                                D#
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
                    C#        G#
Where you gonna run to?  [wo-oy]

[Chorus 4]
                 C#                 D#
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
                   G#
And there'll be no rock  [no rock]
                 C#                 D#
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
                   G#
And there'll be no rock  [no rock]
                 C#                 D#
You`re gonna run to the rock for rescue,
               G#
There'll be no rock

[Astro Toasting 1]
       G#
You say dat your're bad you gwan like your mad
         D#                                      C#
You terrorise the people an' ya mek dem sad wo-oy
               G#
You are de babylon

You tink dat you tough you gwan like you rough
           D#                                 C#
Intimidate de mon jus' to call him bluff wo-oy
               G#
You are de babylon

[Chorus 5]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You're too bad  [too bad]
            C#                           D#  
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
           G#
You`re too bad  [too bad]

[Astro Toasting 2]
        G#                        D#
You stop an' you search you broke in on mi house
         C#                         G#
You turn it upside down like a damn -[?]-
                   D#
You set up a man anyway you can
          C#                G#
You double cross the man according to plan
   C#  D#              G# 
Wo-oy   you are de babylon
   C#  D#              G#
Wo-oy   you are de babylon

[Keyboards Instrumental 2]
G#    G#    D#    D#    C#    C#    G#    G#    
G#    G#    D#    D#    C#    C#    G#    G#

[Astro Toasting 3]
           G#
You take a man weed you put him 'pon the street
            D#
Get a three year stretch courtesy of de queen
    C#              G#       
Wo-oh  why you so wicked?
                                           D#
You come an' you dance you will take chance
                                                 C#                
You better watch your step or you will get lanced
                      G#
Wo-oh because your so wicked

[Chorus 6]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
               G#
Boy you're too bad  [too bad]
            C#                           D#
You're just robbin' and stabbin' lootin' and shootin'
               G#
Boy you're too bad  [too bad]

[Astro Toasting 4]
          G#                         D#
In the daytime you smile in the night time you snarl
         C#              G#
You get equipment fi get in a brawl
                                          
You let lose your dogs to set upon de wogs
        D#
You come in disguise but everyone get wise
     C#                G#
Wo-oy  you are the babylon  [no rock]

[Outro]
             C#            D#           G#            C#  D#             G#         
You gonna run you gonna run but you can not hide no no oh no boy you can not hide.



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