C
Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand
Makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band
Am
With his hair all down in his eyes
C
And the microphone all covered with flies
When he gets done playin' goes back to his room
Climbs into bed in his cowboy boots
Am
And he picks up a magazine turns on the TV
C
Lights a cigar as he's fallin' asleep
F C Am
Well he's only a person who doesn't know shit
F C Am(let ring)
Yeah nothing happenin' that's about it
C
Yeah......
C
Well little Rosanna came from Texarkana
Had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana
Am
Came into town not lookin' for much
C
Well she found a hound dog and she named him Dutch
She got a job at the arcade takin' quarters
But she was never too good at takin' orders
Am
So one night she stopped givin' out change
C
She kicked the boss in the shin and unplugged the games
F C Am
She's only a person who doesn't know shit
F C Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin' That's about it
C
Ooh ooh Yeah yeah yeah
C
Sam got canned at the cannery
He punched out the clock that night
Am
His knuckle was bleeding as he walked home
C
He was cold and he had a headache
Well his wife was cookin' canned beans
He took out all the money out of his jeans
Am
And he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
C
As his wife handed him a drink
F C Am
He was only a person who didn't know shit
F C Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin' that's about it
C
Uh yeah oh Wooh ooh ooh ooh
C
Smiley was lookin' for handouts
sleepin' in a abandoned lighthouse
Am
Down at the mini-mall shakin' his hat
C
Washin' windows with his bare hand
He found a sports car with the keys
In the ignition it just seemed so easy
Am
He took a joyride drove into a hedge
C
Came out with the steering wheel wrapped around his head
F C Am
Well he's only a person who doesn't know shit
F C Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin' that's about it
C
Ooh ooh yeah yeah
C
Well Jane was born in a small town
Everybody just standing around
Am
They had bingo games and a raffle
C
everybody chewin' tobacco
Well she grew up kinda restless
All her boyfriends wanted to be dentists
Am
And she got a job at the truck stop
C
And she got all fast and never did what she wanted
F C Am
And she's only a person who doesn't know shit
F C Am(let ring)
Nothing happenin' that's about it
C
Yeah yeah yo
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah oh
Woo ooh ooh