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He made a scene in every Cream magazine he had a sneer and a funky load of style

A                                                       D                E             A
Down the road where every bag and lined showed he was singing trough a faded yellow smile

        D                        A             D                            F#m     E     D            
just a kid strung out with the guitar in his high heeled snickers he was walking talking art

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God smacked him down he fell apart, well let me tell you 'bout it



A            D            A                  E
Riding high head in the sky til it all goes down

  A                   D    A    F#m      E       A       
suicide Johnny was a hero now, six feet in the ground


D  E


         A                                    D               E              A
born to fall so the copycqats and all just hang around and try to get a glimpze 

                                                  D           E              A  
and out the door in the middle of a gang war silversuits shaming all the pimps

               D                          A                D 
He went to Hollywood and left it like a star but then he never got over

          F#m       E        D           F#m             E
he was kicked right in the heart going back to 17th and park


well let me tell you now



  A             D         A                    E
jingy song of deals gone wrong in a room downtown

  A                   D     A  F#m      E        A  
suicide Johnny was a hero now six feet in the ground


                
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There's nothing left now he's fading like a chuckmuck on the street yeah

      D                                              E
but everytime he played the man was gone and payed poison girls were swarming at his feet

E
let me show you now 



 A            D          A                    E
Riding high head in the sky 'til it all goes down

  A                   D    A   F#m       E
suicide Johnny was a hero now six feet under
   
  A               D    A                    E
sing a song and play along in your room downtown

 A                          D   A  F#m      E        A             
rock n' roll Johnny was a hero now six feet in the ground

F#m       E        A     F#m      E       A  
six feet in the ground, six feet in the ground