Biography:
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs as James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards with veteran bandmates and rhythm section Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson (not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band Heartless Bastards).
The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records.
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Other songs:
- Broken Bed
- Charlemagnes Home Town
- Childish Things
- Choctaw Bingo
- Copper Canteen
- Crazy Wind
- Dont Waste Away
- Fast As I Can Acoustic
- Fireline Road
- Fuller Brush Man
- Gulf Road
- Hands Like Rain
- Hurricane Party
- Iolanthe
- Lights Of Cheyenne
- Lost In The Backyard
- Memorial Day
- Out Here In The Middle
- Painting By Numbers
- Pocatello
- Ruby And Carlos
- State Of The Union
- Too Long In The Wasteland
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- We Cant Make It Here
- We Cant Make It Here Anymore
- Wheres Johnny
- You Got To Me
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Chords used: C F Am G
(intro)
C F C F C F
(verse)
C F C F
Young Johnny, he really had a way,
C F C F
He did his homework on the schoolbus and he always got an A.
C F C F
And the girls liked Johnny more than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John.
C F C F
Later on in high school he couldn't keep his red suspenders on.
(chorus)
Am G C
Oh, where's Johnny, has he gone away
Am G C
Oh, where's Johnny, will he be back someday.
(verse)
He had a room full of trophies
From the track meets and the tennis games he'd win.
He was a full blown wiz-kid an' he's bound to be a renaissance man.
Then he went on off to college
Got his head stuck in a different state of mind
When they asked him was it alcohol
He told them it was nothin' of the kind.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
(chorus)
Oh, where's Johnny, has he gone away
Oh, where's Johnny, will he be back someday.
(break)
Am G
Ah but Johnny's alright, he just turned out his lights
F C
They'd have paid it no mind had he not been so bright.
Am G
He opened up his eyes, and he snapped out of the groove
F C
He saw both sides of everything and he found he could not move.
(verse)
Johnny moved home now he reads a lot of poetry and plays
He'll sit out in the backyard and not say a word to anyone for days.
And his folks gave up, they no longer even bother gettin' through.
Hell he's thirty odd years old
They must have figured there's just so much you can do.
(instrumental)
Am G C
Am G C
(verse)
His mother keeps his pictures
In the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls
She polishes the trophies
That he won back when they thought he'd save the world
Back when the girls liked Johnny
More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John
She wonder's where's her little boy
With the braces and the red suspenders gone.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
Just life.
(intro)
C F C F C F
(verse)
C F C F
Young Johnny, he really had a way,
C F C F
He did his homework on the schoolbus and he always got an A.
C F C F
And the girls liked Johnny more than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John.
C F C F
Later on in high school he couldn't keep his red suspenders on.
(chorus)
Am G C
Oh, where's Johnny, has he gone away
Am G C
Oh, where's Johnny, will he be back someday.
(verse)
He had a room full of trophies
From the track meets and the tennis games he'd win.
He was a full blown wiz-kid an' he's bound to be a renaissance man.
Then he went on off to college
Got his head stuck in a different state of mind
When they asked him was it alcohol
He told them it was nothin' of the kind.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
(chorus)
Oh, where's Johnny, has he gone away
Oh, where's Johnny, will he be back someday.
(break)
Am G
Ah but Johnny's alright, he just turned out his lights
F C
They'd have paid it no mind had he not been so bright.
Am G
He opened up his eyes, and he snapped out of the groove
F C
He saw both sides of everything and he found he could not move.
(verse)
Johnny moved home now he reads a lot of poetry and plays
He'll sit out in the backyard and not say a word to anyone for days.
And his folks gave up, they no longer even bother gettin' through.
Hell he's thirty odd years old
They must have figured there's just so much you can do.
(instrumental)
Am G C
Am G C
(verse)
His mother keeps his pictures
In the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls
She polishes the trophies
That he won back when they thought he'd save the world
Back when the girls liked Johnny
More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John
She wonder's where's her little boy
With the braces and the red suspenders gone.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
Just life. Just life, Mom.
Just life.
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