Late Great Johnny Ace
Paul SimonVersion1
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I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fifty four
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad alI the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited till it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and sim-ple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
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It was the year of The Beatles
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It was the year of The Stones
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It was nineteen sixtyfour
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer be-fore
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It was the year of The Beatles
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It was the year of The Stones
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A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days a-way
And the music was flowing amazing
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And blowing my way
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Readable chord sheet for Late Great Johnny Ace by Paul Simon
[Abmaj7] [D7] [Abmaj7] [D7]
[Abmaj7] I was reading a m[D7]agazine
And [Abmaj7]thinking of a rock and roll [D7]song
The [Abmaj7]year was nineteen [D7]fifty four
And I [G]hadn't been playing that [G7]long
When a [C]man came [F]on th[C]e ra[C7]dio
And [F]this is [Gm7]what [F/A]he [Bb9]said
[Am7] He said I [Dm]hate to break it [E]to his fans
But [Am7]Johnny Ace is [F]dead, yeah, yeah, [Am]yeah [Dm]
[G] Well, I [Abmaj7]really wasn't
Such a [D7]Johnny Ace fan
But I [Abmaj7]felt bad alI the [D]same
So I [Abmaj7]sent away for his [D]photograph
And I [G]waited till it [G7]came
It came [C]all the [F]way fro[C]m Tex[C7]as
With a [F]sad and [Gm7]sim-[F/A]ple [Bb9]face
[Am7] And they [Dm]signed it on the [E]bottom
From the [Am7]Late Great Johnny [F]Ace, yeah, yeah, [Am]yeah [Dm] [G] [C]
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It was the year of The Beatles
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It was the year of The Stones
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It was nineteen sixtyfour
I was liv[Bb/D]ing in [Fm]London
[Eb]With the [C]girl [B]from the [Bb]summer [Am]be-[F#dim]fore [Fm]
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It was the year of The Beatles
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It was the year of The Stones
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A year after J.F.K.
We were staying [Bb/D]up [Fm]all [Eb]night
And [C]giving [B]the [Bb]days [G]a-[F]way
[Bb9] And the [Ebmaj7]music was [Abmaj7]flowing a[Eb]mazing
[Bb7-9] |[Abmaj7] |[D7] |Abmaj |
And blowing my way
[D7] On a [Abmaj7]cold December [D7]evening
I was [Abmaj7]walking through the Christmas [D7]tide
When a [Abmaj7]stranger came up and [D7]asked me
If I'd [G]heard John Lennon had [G7]died
And the [C]two of [F]us wen[C]t to thi[C7]s bar
And we [F]stayed to [Gm7]close [F/A]the [Bb9]place
[Am7] And [Dm]every song we [E]played
Was for The [Am7]Late Great Johnny [F]Ace, yeah, yeah, [Am]yeah [Dm7] [G]
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