St. Vincent

Happy Birthday Johnny

St. Vincent


Tom: Bb

Bb/Ab   [4 x 3 3 3 x]
Gm7     [3 x 3 3 3 x]
Fsus4   [1 x 3 3 1 x]
Ebmaj7  [x 6 5 3 3 x]
F       [1 3 3 2 1 x]
Gbdim7  [2 3 4 2 4 x]
Gm      [3 5 5 3 3 x]
Dm      [x 5 7 7 6 x]


[Verse 1]
  Bb
Remember one Christmas I gave you Jim Carroll
  Bb/Ab
Intended it as a cautionary tale
  Gm7
You said you saw yourself inside there
 Fsus4
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
 Gm7
You took a Bic, set your hotel on fire
 Fsus4
We took the blame, took the bags to the train

[Chorus 1]
      Ebmaj7            F
Happy Birthday, Johnny
    Gbdim7    Gm    Dm
Wherever you are
       Ebmaj7           F
Happy Birthday, Johnny
              Bb
Wherever you are

[Verse 2]
    Bb
The last time you called it was on New Years' Eve
    Bb/Ab
You asked me for dough to get somethin' to eat
  Gm7
Since we last spoke, you live on the street
        Fsus4
Yeah, I wouldn't believe all the shit that you seen

[Chorus 2]
       Ebmaj7           F
Happy New Year, Johnny
   Gbdim7 Gm    Dm
Is it    23?
       Ebmaj7           F
Happy New Year, Johnny
                        Bb
Are the lights on the trees?

[Instrumental]
(Bb)   Bb/Ab    Gm7    Fsus4 Gbdim7
Gm     Bb/Ab    Gm7    Fsus4

[Verse 3]
       Bb
When I said, Let me think, and you yelled through your teeth
  Bb/Ab
Accused me of actin' like all royalty
 Gm7
Always for show, no true charity
     Fsus4
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
      Gm7
What happened to blood, our family?
 Fsus4
Annie, how could you do this to me?

[Outro]
Ebmaj7   F    Gbdim7          Gm    Dm
           Of course, I blame me
          Ebmaj7           F
When you get free, Johnny
                 Bb
I hope you find peace