Johnny Yen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Ladies and gentlemen,
here's my disease
Give me a standing ovation
[G]and [D]your sympathy
[G]Poor old Johnny Yen's[A]set
himself on [D]fire again
[G][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]See the Jean Genie on his high-wire act
act
At the back of his mind lies a suicide pact
[G]Poor old Johnny [A]Yen's
set himself on [D]fire again

[Verse 3]
See the [D]young men itching to burn
Waiting [Em]for their own star t[G]urn
Needing [D]danger where war would do
If [G]they can't let it [D]out,
they'll pick on [G]you
[Asus4]Poor old John[G]ny Yen'[A]s set
himself on [D]fire again
On fire again
[Em]Poor [F#m]old Johnny[Em] Yen's [G]set
[A]himself on [D]fire again

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]See Houdini and his underwater tricks
You were sitting at the front hoping
his locks would stick
Watch Knievel hit the seventeenth bus
You got crushed in the souvenir rush
[G]Poor old Johnny [D]Yen's set
[A]himself on [D]fire again
I said, [A]poor old [F#m]Johnny Yen's
[D]set himsel[A]f on f[D]ire again

[Verse 5]
See [D]the young men itching to burn
Waiting [Em]for their own star turn
Needing [D]danger where war would do
If [G]they can't let it out,
they'll pick [D]on you
[Asus4]Poor old [A]John[Asus4]ny[A]
Yen's set himself on [D]fire again
On fire again
I said, [Em]poor old Johnny [G]Yen'sset himself
on [D]fire again

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 6]
[D]Ladies [G]and gen[D]tlemen
Here's my disease
Give me a standing ovation
And your [G]sympathy

[Interlude 3]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
(Come on, somebody, finish him [D]off
please!
Put the poor fool out of his misery, will you?
[G]Can't you see he's had eno[D]ugh?

[Outro 1]
Finish him off, somebody!)
[D][Em][F#m][D][Em]