| G | D | G | D | |
| Johnny was a young boy with nothing much |
| F | C | F | C | |
| But a certain kind of | look in his | eyes |
| G | D | G | |
| He was discovered one | day | seems he had |
| D | F | C | F | C | |
| a certain | appeal to | certain kind of | guys |
| G | D | G | D | |
| Gave him some | advice | and set him | out |
| F | C | F | C | |
| To make the | young girls | cry |
| G | D | G | D | |
| And all the young b | oys | being dumb and | restless |
| F | C | F | C | |
| They | could identi | fy |
| Prechorus |
| D | Asus2 | F | |
| So tell me who'll take the | blame |
| For the way things turned out |
| Verse 2 - same pattern as 1st |
| Well six long months passed and Johnny |
| was the hottest thing alive |
| We loved Johnny and we owned Johnny |
| Nobody knew how Johnny felt inside |
| But Johnny was beautiful he was like a God |
| We all went along for the ride |
| The ride started to go too fast |
| Johnny just conviently died |
| Prechorus 2(same as 1st) |
| And he went up in flames |
| He did what he had to do |
| Chorus |
| F | G | G/A | G/B | D | |
| And they | say its a | trag | -ic | story |
| F | C | F | C | |
| He just | wasn't there one | day |
| G | G/A | G/B | D | |
| But he went | out in a | blaze | of | glory |
| F | C | F | C | Asus2 | |
| And you and | I, | you and I just | fade | away |
| Verse 3 - same as other two |
| Well now days there's lots of guys like Johnny |
| They got it all worked out, like working nine to five |
| But they're all cartoons, they all think they're superman |
| But they can't even fly |
| They say that Johnny's ghost walks down in Memphis |
| Wehn the moon is full and high |
| And I wonder if he sees these jokers |
| I wonder if he laughs or if he cries |
| Prechorus - same |
| Now he's an angel in flames |
| but what about you and me. |
| Chorus twice |