THE BALLAD OF JIMMY & JOHNNY


   C    F    A#
e--X----X----X----------
B--X----X----X----------
G--5----X----3----------
D--5----3----3----------
A--3----3----1----------
E--X----1----X----------


Verse:

C                     F
Jimmy and Johnny, two friends of mine
A#                   C
Skinheads what they claim                    (D|-5-5-5--3--2--0-|)
C           F            A#                      C
Outside similarities but no, they don't feel the same

    C                       F
See Johnny thinks Jimmy's a mod
    A#                      C
And Jimmy thinks Johnny's a punk
C                F       A#                 C
Jimmy listens to ska and Johnny likes Last Resort

C                       F         A#           C
Jimmy and Johnny in the trenches, going down tonight
C                          F
Drinking Guinness, smoking 555's
A#                             C
Once you're in the middle everything's all right


Prechorus:

   C                  F            A#                   C
e|---------------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------|
B|--1--1-1--1-1--1-1-------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
   Skinhead tats and a Fred Perry, there's a war in the  cemetary
    
   C                F             A#                   C
e|---------------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------|
B|--1--1-1--1-1--1-1-------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
   Started fighting  Stop drinking  What the fuck       were they thinking?


Chorus:

    F                C
e|------------------------------------|
B|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

A#
Jimmy and Johnny, tell me what you were seeing

    F                C
e|------------------------------------|
B|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

A#
Jimmy and Johnny, tell me what you were seeing

F     C           A#
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
F     C           A#
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!


Verse:

C             F                  A#                  C
Jimmy had his two-tone girl back on his scooter that night
C            F                          A#                  C
Johnny had a jacked up Chevy that could blow you right off, off the line

[PRECHORUS]

[CHORUS]

Bridge:

C C C F  F  A# A# A# C

C C C F  F  A# A# A# C

[CHORUS]

C C C F  F  A# A# A# C


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|Transcribed by Derek Carlson                       |
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|The Complete Rancid Guitar Tab Compilation         |
|(http://hem1.passagen.se/ak5/rancid/)              |
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Last revised: January 17, 1999.