Bb
Remember one Christmas I gave you Jim Carroll
Bb/Ab
Intended it as a cautionary tale
Gm
You said you saw yourself inside there
F
Dog-eared it like a how-to manual
Bb
Remember one summer we walked in Times Square
Bb/Ab
I showed you the zombies with hundred-inch stares
Gm
You took a Bic, set your hotel on fire
F
We took the blame, took the bags to the train

       Eb7M                    F
Happy Birthday, Johnny
   F#dim           Gm     Dm
Wherever you are
     Eb7M                    F
Happy Birthday, Johnny
              Bb
Wherever you are

Bb
The last time you called it was on New Years' Eve
Bb/Ab
You asked me for dough to get somethin' to eat
Gm
Since we last spoke, you live on the street
F
Yeah, I wouldn't believe all the shit that you seen

     Eb7M                    F
Happy New Year, Johnny
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Is it 23?
       Eb7M                  F
Happy New Year, Johnny
                        Bb
Are the lights on the trees?

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Bb
When I said, Let me think, and you yelled through your teeth
Bb/Ab
Accused me of actin' like all royalty
Gm
Always for show, no true charity
F
You saw me on magazines and TV

Bb
But if they only knew the real version of me
Bb/Ab
Only you know the secrets, the swamp, and the fear
Gm
What happened to blood, our family?
F
Annie, how could you do this to me?

Eb7M  F  F#dim         Gm        Dm
        Of course, I blame me
         Eb7M                   F
When you get free, Johnny
                  Bb
I hope you find peace