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Jackknife Johnny

Alice Cooper

MetalAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
E
C×
C#Diagram coming soon
G6Diagram coming soon
Dm××
BbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              hide this tab E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
G-|--6~~---6\5-------------------------4~---4\3---------------------|  
D-|-------------8--6~~---/8--9--8~~-------------6--4---/6--/8--6~~--|  
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
 
          D                        A 
From his army confessions of his military days  
           C                  G                        D   D/C# 
You still carry the shrapnel you're shell-shocked and dazed  
       B      A                 G6 
Dear Jmohnny have you lost your way 
          C                  Dm       A        Bb   
Or like denim and leather are you fademd and frayed  
 
Institute lackies with hot bourbon breath 
White coats and needles Johnny  
like to scare you to death 
Dear Johnny do you feel your best 
When you're  
strung out at night on your morphine and meth  
FJackknife Johnny you're a floor moppin' Eflunkie  
EbTool of a Bbdagger's Gdrawn worldE  
FJackknife Johnny them old vets gotta Ehate you  
For bringing home that AV.EC. Bgirl  
EbJackknife Johnny Gwelcome to our Gbworld  
From the tone deaf hearing of the draft board game 
You were washing cars  
down in Dallas when the holocaust came 
Dear Johnny your excuse was lame  
Bb All your friends sleep in boxes while you sleep in chains 
 
hide this tab SoloGuitar one 
E-|------------------------------------------------------------------8--------| 
 
B-|--8b-<8>-<8>-<8>---<8>rb-p6--8b-rb-b---rb--6--5--5b-rb---------------------|  
G-|--------------------------------------------------------7--5--7b-----7b~~~-|  
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
E-|----------------11---------------------------------------------------------|  
 
B-|--------11--13------15b-rb--13------13-b-rb--11----13-------11--13---------|  
G-|--3/12--------------------------15---------------------12b-----------------|  
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
(Solo fades out) 
E-|-------10-------10---------------------------------------------------------|  
 
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G-|--12b------12b------12~~---------------------------------------------------|  
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
Jackknife Johnny you're a bad jungle monkeyTool of a dagger's drawn world 
Jackknife Johnny them old vets gotta hate youFor bringing home that V.C.  
girlJackknife Johnny welcome to our worldJackknife Johnny you're a floor  
moppin' flunkieTool of a dagger's drawn worldJackknife Johnny them old  
vets gotta hate youFor bringing home that V.C. girlJackknife Johnny  
welcome to our worldJackknife Johnny you're a bad jungle monkeyTool of  
a dagger's drawn worldJackknife Johnny them old vets gotta hate youFor  
bringing home that V.C. girlJackknife Johnny 
 
          
 

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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · C · C# · G6 · Dm · Bb

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.