A5 A5 F5 E5 (2 Xs) A5 E5 A5 A5 Listen to the story of Johnny Mahoe F5 E5 Pride of the hometown, number one school boy A5 Never got in trouble, always kept his nose clean F5 E5 So when the news hit the town, nobody could believe A5 E5 A5 what happened to Johnny Mahoe A5 You see Johnny started hanging with the neighborhood thugs F5 E5 Boys wearing colors, the ones dealing drugs A5 Initiaiton's over, Johnny's part of the gang F5 E5 Fighting for his colors, playing with his bang bang A5 E5 A5 Johnny Mahoe C5 G5 Why hang around with the wrong crowd F5 E5 Why let them poison your mind C5 G5 It's okay, it's okay, turn and walk the other way F5 E5 You don't want to end up like Johnny Johnny A5 E5 A5 Johnny Mahoe A5 One day there was a clash between the blue and the red F5 E5 When the fighting was over, Johnny lay dead A5 A single rose stands alone upon Johny's grave F5 Think nothing would have happened E5 If Johnny Mahoe just turned and A5 E5 A5 walked the other way A5 E5 A5 Just walked the other way SOLO Chorus