Chord Johnny Lobo by Kris Kristofferson

johnny lobo - kris kristofferson from the album : "a moment of forever" standard tuning intro : D G A D following the harp . . . "this is the true story" D G A D D G once upon a dusty reservation A D somewhere in the land of sittin’ bull D G A johnny lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces D locked inside a heaven gone to hell G Fm# all the dreams were gone but not forgotten A murdered like the holy buffalo Fm# G A johnny lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior D fightin’ for his people and his soul chorus : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D G A D oh . . . . . . johnny lobo D G A D oh . . . . . . johnny lobo D chord is played by 2 guitars , picking the strings and following the strumming as melody . D chord D chord D - Dadd9 chord D - Dadd9 chord 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 D - Dadd9 - D5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D G rooted down with lessons that he carried A D home from vietnam to wounded knee D G A johnny lobo burned the flag he knew had been dishonored D paid the price for thinkin’ he was free G Fm# someone set his house afire , burned it to the ground Fm# A with his wife and children locked inside Fm# G A later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes D somethin’ good in johnny lobo died chorus harp melody . . . D G in a darkened corner of a tavern A D burnin’ down old memories again D G A johnny lobo stares into the smoke and dreams of clouds D runnin’ like wild horses with the wind G Fm# holy phoenix rising from the ashes Fm# D into the circle of the sun Fm# G A johnny lobo’s warrior heart was burnished in the embers D and the battle’s just begun chorus outro : D A G ive 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 : "d G " 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 : "a 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 singinthan get crazy tryin mathemathics on a guitar .