Johnny Don't Do It Chords

by 10cc
KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays499

Johnny Don't Do It by 10cc is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Gm, Cm, F, Bb7, Eb, F#, E, Ebmaj7, Dm, G, A, D, C, Am, C7, Ab and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			

Bb           Gm        Cm           F 
Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it 
Bb           Gm        Cm           F 
Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it 
Bb             Gm        Cm               F 
Johnny was an angel   An angel dressed in black 
  Bb               Gm                 Cm           F 
He used to hang around the guys  Down at the local track 
   Bb               Bb7                   Eb                F# 
He tried so hard to join them    But they always turned him back 
             Bb                Gm 
Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel) 
             Cm                F 
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 

Bb          Gm     Cm             F 
He was only 17    Just got out of school 
   Bb                Gm                 Cm                F 
He stole a bike from Joe's garage    To prove that he was cool 
   Bb                   Bb7                   Eb             F# 
He didn't know that the brakes were worn  And fate can be so cruel 
            Bb                  Gm 
Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel) 
            Cm                 F 
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 
             Bb                      Gm 
Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it) 
             Cm                      F 
Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it) 

     Eb         (E) F              (E) Eb            (E) F         (E) 
Well Johnny went a  riding    With his girlfriend on the back seat 
Eb          (E)  F               (E)  Eb          (E) F           (E) 
Looking for some action     And they found it down a  back street 
Eb      (E) F                 (E) Eb               (E) F 
Suddenly a truck pulled out    He tried to step on the brake  


Ebmaj7       F 
Johnny don't do it (Here is a news flash) 
Dm           Gm 
Johnny don't do it (Today, Johnny Kowalski, also known as Johnny Angel) 
Ebmaj7       F 
Johnny don't do it (and his young fiance Francine, were tragically killed) 
Dm           G building... 
Johnny don't do it (in a cycle accident) 

Don't do it, don't do it (any witnesses please contact) 
                    
Don't do it, don't do it (the police at Precinct 29) 

solo chords 
A      D      G     D       
A     D   D F D G building... 

Bb G C Bb G F D C Bb C Bb G 

    C                 Am 
Now Johnny's with the angels 
    Dm            G 
The angels in the sky 
  C            Am 
I wonder if he thinks of us 
   Dm             G 
As he goes riding by 
   C            C7 
If only he had listened 
       F                  Ab 
Oh the number of times we tried 

To tell him 
             C                  Am 
Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel) 
             Dm                G 
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 
             C                   Am 
Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel) 
             Dm                G 
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)    
C            Bb    (B) 
Johnny don't do it 
C            Bb    (B)  C    Bb  (B) C ... 
Johnny don't do it 

repeat to fade 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante