Standard tuning
INTRO:
D5 G5 A5 D5 F?llowing the harp..."This is the true story"
D5 G5 A5 D5
D5 G5
Once upon a dusty reservation
A5 D5
Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull
D5 G5 A5
Johnny Lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces
D5
Locked inside a Heaven gone to hell
G5 F#5
All the dreams were gone but not forgotten
A5
Murdered like the holy buffalo
F#5 G5 A5
Johnny Lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior
D5
Fightin' for his people and his soul
CHORUS:
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D5 G5 A5 D5
Oh......Johnny Lobo
D5 G5 A5 D5
Oh......Johnny Lobo
D chord is played by 2 guitars, picking the strings and following the strumming as melody.
D5 CHORD5 D5 CHORD5 D5 - D5 CHORD5 D5 - D5 CHORD5
e | ----2-------2--------2-------2-------2-----0-2-------2-----0--------------- |
B | ------3---3------------3---3-----------3---------------3-----2------------- |
G | --2-----2----------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2----------------- |
D | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
A | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
E | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
May not be accurate, but sounds OK.Same pattern can be followed just strumming
and playing D5 - D5 - D5
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D5 G5
Rooted down with lessons that he carried
A5 D5
Home from Vietnam to Wounded Knee
D5 G5 A5
Johnny Lobo burned the flag he knew had been dishonored
D5
Paid the price for thinkin' he was free
G5 F#5
Someone set his house afire, burned it to the ground
F#5 A5
With his wife and children locked inside
F#5 G5 A5
Later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes
D5
Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo died
CHORUS
Harp melody...
D5 G5
In a darkened corner of a tavern
A5 D5
Burnin' down old memories again
D5 G5 A5
Johnny Lobo stares into the smoke and dreams of clouds
D5
Runnin' like wild horses with the wind
G5 F#5
Holy phoenix rising from the ashes
F#5 D5
Into the circle of the sun
F#5 G5 A5
Johnny Lobo's warrior heart was burnished in the embers
D5
And the battle's just begun
CHORUS
outro: D5 A5 G5
I?ve tried to place the chords most accurate to the precisely moment when singing lyrics.
It means that every single "space" corresponds to the beating and strumming pattern.
So, as an example, when singing the part:
"D5 G5 "
Rooted down with lessons that he carried ...
Guitar is strumming the chord right before starting singin?, therefore space.
And, therefore also, no space left when:
"A5 D"
Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull ...
But every ear, brain and personality chooses the sounds differently. So be free to sing the song
as you please. Better enjoy the singin?than get crazy tryin? mathemathics on a guitar.