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Johnny Lobo

Kris Kristofferson
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Following the harp..."This is the true story"
 Once upon a dusty reservation
Somewhere  in the land of Sittin' Bull
 Johnny Lobo played with fire and dreamed  of open spaces
 Locked inside a Heaven gone to hell
 All the dreams were gone but not forgotten
 Murdered like the holy buffalo
 Johnny Lobo knew the rules and grew  into a warrior
 Fightin' for his people and his soul
Oh......Johnny Lobo
Oh......Johnny Lobo
 D chord is played by 2 guitars, picking the strings and following the strumming as melody.
   CHORD  CHORD -  CHORD -  CHORD
e|----2-------2--------2-------2-------2-----0-2-------2-----0---------------|
B|------3---3------------3---3-----------3---------------3-----2-------------|
G|--2-----2----------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 May not be accurate, but sounds OK.Same pattern can be followed just strumming
 and playing --
 Rooted down with lessons that he carried
Home  from Vietnam to Wounded Knee
 Johnny Lobo burned the flag he knew  had been dishonored
 Paid the price for thinkin' he was free
 Someone set his house afire,  burned it to the ground
 With his wife and children locked inside
 Later when the bitter tears were falling  to the ashes
 Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo died
 Harp melody...
 In a darkened corner of a tavern
 Burnin' down old memories again
 Johnny Lobo stares into the smoke  and dreams of clouds
 Runnin' like wild horses with the wind
 Holy phoenix rising from the ashes
 Into the circle of the sun
 Johnny Lobo's warrior heart was burnished  in the embers
 And the battle's just begun
 I´ve tried to place the chords most accurate to the precisely moment when singing lyrics.
 It means that every single "space" corresponds to the beating and strumming pattern.
 So, as an example, when singing the part:
 "  "
  Rooted down with lessons that he carried ...
 Guitar is strumming the chord right before starting singin´, therefore space.
 And, therefore also, no space left when:
 " "
  Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull ...
 But every ear, brain and personality chooses the sounds differently. So be free to sing the song
 as you please. Better enjoy the singin´than get crazy tryin´ mathemathics on a guitar.

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Readable chord sheet for Johnny Lobo by Kris Kristofferson

[D]  [G]  [A]  [D]  Following the harp..."This is the true story"

[D]  [G]  [A]  [D]

[D] Once upon a dusty reservation[G]
[A]Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull[D]
[D] Johnny Lobo played with fire and [G]dreamed of open spaces  [A]
Locked inside a Heaven gone to h[D]ell
[G] All the dreams were gone but not forg[F#m]otten
Murdered like the holy buffalo[A]
[F#m] Johnny Lobo knew the rules and [G]grew into a warrior  [A]
Fightin' for his people and his s[D]oul

[D]Oh.[G]...[A]..Johnny [D]Lobo
[D]Oh.[G]...[A]..Johnny [D]Lobo

D chord is played by 2 guitars, picking the strings and following the strumming as melody.

    [D] CHORD          [D] CHORD         [D]-[Dadd9] CHORD   [D]-[Dadd9] CHORD

e|----2-------2--------2-------2-------2-----0-2-------2-----0---------------|
B|------3---3------------3---3-----------3---------------3-----2-------------|
G|--2-----2----------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

May not be accurate, but sounds OK.Same pattern can be followed just strumming
and playing [D]-[Dadd9]-[D5]

[D] Rooted down with lessons that he car[G]ried
[A]Home from Vietnam to Wounded K[D]nee
[D] Johnny Lobo burned the flag he [G]knew had been dishonored  [A]
Paid the price for thinkin' he was [D]free
[G] Someone set his house afire,[F#m] burned it to the ground
[F#m] With his wife and children locked inside[A]
[F#m] Later when the bitter tears were [G]falling to the ashes   [A]
Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo [D]died

Harp melody...

[D] In a darkened corner of a tavern[G]
[A] Burnin' down old memories ag[D]ain
[D] Johnny Lobo stares into the s[G]moke and dreams of clouds  [A]
Runnin' like wild horses with the wind[D]
[G] Holy phoenix rising from the a[F#m]shes
[F#m] Into the circle of the [A]sun
[F#m] Johnny Lobo's warrior heart was [G]burnished in the embers  [A]
And the battle's just beg[D]un

[D] [A] [G]

I´ve tried to place the chords most accurate to the precisely moment when singing lyrics.
It means that every single "space" corresponds to the beating and strumming pattern.

So, as an example, when singing the part:

"[D]                                    [G]   "
  Rooted down with lessons that he carried ...

Guitar is strumming the chord right before starting singin´, therefore space.

And, therefore also, no space left when:

"[A]                                    [D]"
 Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull  ...

But every ear, brain and personality chooses the sounds differently. So be free to sing the song
as you please. Better enjoy the singin´than get crazy tryin´ mathemathics on a guitar.

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