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