Am                 C         G        Am
Johnny was working hard just like his father
        F                    G       Am
Cutting lumber at the sawill all day through
       G                   C       F
In the evening hanging out at the diner
        G                              Am
Waching Betty working, and her eyes so blue

Am             C        G      Am
Betty was the girl he'd always wanted
            F                G     Am
But she was married to a man doing time
         G                      C      F
He was violent and mean, Boddy was his name
    G                                           Am
She knew when he got out, he'd do another crime

Am                         C        G      Am
He got out on parole, and heard she was untre
      F                         G        Am
So he beat her up real bad, and drove away
          G                               C      F
She explained how she had fallen down the stairs again
    G                                                  Am
But Johnny knew the truth, and swore he'd make him pay

Am                     C              G        Am
He put the hammer down, and thundered down the road
             F G Am
He drove all night from town to town
          G               C      F
But Boddy knew he'd come, so he waited
           G                                     Am
And at the break of dawn he shot poor Johnny down

Am                 C        G      Am
He set fire to the body and headed home
          F                    G       Am
Betty was closing up the diner when he came
    G                              C      F
She bolted the door but he brought gasoline
    G                                               Am
And through the flames she called out Johnny's name