Biography:
Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band (the Robert Cray Band), as well as an acclaimed solo career. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.
While Cray was among artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood who got wider radio airplay and regular MTV video exposure during the late 1980s, he started playing guitar in his early teens.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Bm F#m Em A
Have a seat and I'll tell you a tale
Em A Em A
It wasn't that long ago..
Bm F#m Em A
About a guy who turned out to be a cheater got the heater
Em A Em A
So the story goes:
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He tried the playboy-thing on two friends
A Em A Em A
Thinking that they'd never know.
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They say he got caught in a trap and it snapped
Em A Em A
He's not around anymore...
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
[Verse 2]
Bm F#m Em A
Now everyone in town knew he always played around
Em A Em A
But not a word was said.
Bm F#m
All the money and the clothes,
Em A Em A Em A
And the cars that he drove just kept his ego fed.
Bm F#m Em A
To his friends he was king, cause he thought of everything
Em A Em A
Except his number one.
Bm F#m Em A
She had the kids and the house, while he was always out
Em A Em A
Leaving his homework undone.
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
[Verse 3]
A F#m
Then one day his luck ran out.
Bm F#m
When number two found a number and called his house.
A F#m
Word on the street is that they talked all night
A7
They had to teach him a lesson,
A7
They had to make things right.
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
Bm F#m Em A Em A Em A (2x)
[Verse 1]
Bm F#m Em A
Have a seat and I'll tell you a tale
Em A Em A
It wasn't that long ago..
Bm F#m Em A
About a guy who turned out to be a cheater got the heater
Em A Em A
So the story goes:
Bm F#m Em
He tried the playboy-thing on two friends
A Em A Em A
Thinking that they'd never know.
Bm F#m Em A
They say he got caught in a trap and it snapped
Em A Em A
He's not around anymore...
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
[Verse 2]
Bm F#m Em A
Now everyone in town knew he always played around
Em A Em A
But not a word was said.
Bm F#m
All the money and the clothes,
Em A Em A Em A
And the cars that he drove just kept his ego fed.
Bm F#m Em A
To his friends he was king, cause he thought of everything
Em A Em A
Except his number one.
Bm F#m Em A
She had the kids and the house, while he was always out
Em A Em A
Leaving his homework undone.
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
[Verse 3]
A F#m
Then one day his luck ran out.
Bm F#m
When number two found a number and called his house.
A F#m
Word on the street is that they talked all night
A7
They had to teach him a lesson,
A7
They had to make things right.
[Chorus]
Poor Johnny,
D F#m
He came home looking cool one day,
Bm G
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
D F#m
Once from the left... then from the right
Bm G A
They took him down, late that night.
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