The ballad of Jimmy and Johnny
Rancid
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Verse:
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Jimmy and Johnny, two friends of mine
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Skinheads what they claim (D|-5-5-5--3--2--0-|)
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Outside similarities but no, they don't feel the same
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See Johnny thinks Jimmy's a mod
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And Jimmy thinks Johnny's a punk
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Jimmy listens to ska and Johnny likes Last Resort
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Jimmy and Johnny in the trenches, going down tonight
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Drinking Guinness, smoking 555's
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Once you're in the middle everything's all right
Prechorus:
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Skinhead tats and a Fred Perry, there's a war in the cemetary
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Started fighting Stop drinking What the *** were they thinking?
Chorus:
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Jimmy and Johnny, tell me what you were seeing
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Jimmy and Johnny, tell me what you were seeing
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Verse:
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Jimmy had his two-tone girl back on his scooter that night
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Johnny had a jacked up Chevy that could blow you right off, off the line
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[CHORUS]
Bridge:
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C C C F F A# A# A# C
[CHORUS]
C C C F F A# A# A# C
