Category Archives: Jenny And Johnny

Switchblade

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Switchblade by Jenny And Johnny

G 

It’s the one long year of Saturday nights

 

In the  

C 

city of a million  

Am 

suns

G 

Sleeping through the afternoon

 

With your  

C 

latest only on

Am 

e

 

You had her  

G 

every way from Sunday

 

And on  

C 

Monday morning  

Am 

too

 

Em 

You used to d

G 

ine out on a dollar

 

With a  

Em 

switchblade in your

G 

coat

 

You had your  

Em 

young mind in the

G 

gutter

 

You had your  

C 

feet on the gr

Am 

ound

 

G 

See you on the way  

D 

up (On the way down)

G 

See you on the way  

D 

down (On the way up)

G 

See you on the way  

D 

up (On the way)

 

G 

Ah 

 

 

C 

ahhh

Am 

hhh

G 

Ah 

 

 

C 

ahhh

Am 

hhh

Straight Edge Of The Blade

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Straight Edge Of The Blade by Jenny And Johnny

E 

That was a wise crack

D 

But you’re not a bad dude

E 

Although you’d make bedroom eyes

D 

At a test tube

 

E 

Late bloomers arrive

D 

When they want to

A 

Then they grow up

 

A 

Straight 

 

 

E 

edge of t

D 

he 

 

blade

A 

How long w

E 

ill 

 

you

D 

wait?

A 

Come 

 

ou

E 

t and pl

D 

ay

A 

Straight 

 

e

E 

dge of th

D 

e 

 

blade

Scissor Runner

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Scissor Runner by Jenny And Johnny

G 

She runs with scisso

C 

rs

G 

She 

 

deliver

C 

s

G 

All my mai

C 

l

G 

Right under my doo

C 

r

 

C 

You’re 

 

sincerely

 

Lost completely

G 

 

Em 

No I won’t

Am 

chang

Em 

e 

 

anoth

D 

er 

 

thing

Em 

I cracked  

Am 

the 

 

be

Em 

ll I tri

D 

ed to ring

 

G 

Uptown, downtown,  

C 

all around the swingset

New Yorker Cartoon

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for New Yorker Cartoon by Jenny And Johnny

G 

I was running

 

From imaginary vampire bats

D 

 

While Montezuma laughed

G 

 

Am 

Looking like a New Yorker cartoon

D 

Am 

Sleeping in a golden cocoon

D 

 

With you

G 

Cmaj7 

G 

My Pet Snakes

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for My Pet Snakes by Jenny And Johnny

A 

Well,

D 

I don’t believe in double vision

 

A 

and 

 

if

D 

you 

 

don

E 

‘t believe in destiny

 

D 

we walked i

A 

n on you while  

E 

you 

 

wer

A 

e polishing your knives

D 

God

A 

it

E 

makes me queasy when you smile

Just Like Zeus

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Just Like Zeus by Jenny And Johnny

C 

Up on Mount Olympus

 

F 

With all the lunatics

C 

How they worship me

 

C 

What are you going to do

 

F 

That’s my number but

C 

I’ll call you

 

C 

There’s nothing less

F 

I’d rather do

 

C 

You’ve been sniffing up that mercury

 

F 

Like a cloud gatherer

C 

Just like Zeus

 

C 

Out at the car show

 

F 

Like seeing a cold sore

C 

In a kissing booth

 

C 

There’s nothing less

F 

I’d 

 

rather

C 

do

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d rather do

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d 

 

rather

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d 

 

rather

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d rather do

 

F 

And I, I live with th

C 

e 

 

shame

 

But  

F 

you, you live with the sa

G 

me, 

 

sa

G 

me

 

C 

 

F 

C 

 

F 

C 

C-F

F 

-C

 

C 

Living on Milk Duds

 

F 

Ninety days at promises

C 

With no booze

 

C 

Outside Silver Lake

F 

Like the Mona Lisa

C 

At the Louvre

 

C 

There’s nothing less

F 

I’d 

 

rather

C 

do

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d rather do

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d 

 

rather

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d 

 

rather

 

Th

C 

ere’s nothing less I

F 

‘d rather do

 

F 

And I, I live with t

C 

he 

 

flames

 

But y

F 

ou, you’re taking the bl

G 

ame, 

 

bl

G 

ame

 

C 

There’s nothing less I

F 

‘d rather do

Committed

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Committed by Jenny And Johnny

A5 

Committed, committed, I need to be committed

 

I need to be locked aw

E 

ay. I need a straighter jacket on my crooked frame.

 

I need to be admitted tod

A5 

ay.

 

D5 

I put my back int

A5 

o, put my ba

E 

ck into my work

 

I will re

D5 

ceive what I, will  

A5 

see what I d

E 

eserve.

 

D5 

It’s a beautiful life

 

We lay sleeping  

E5 

(ahhh)

D5 

With my beautiful wife and

E5 

me

Big Wave

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Big Wave by Jenny And Johnny

G 

 

G 

Living your life in the gray

Bm 

 

Is the new A

G 

merican 

 

way

Bm 

 

We’re spending wh

G 

at we haven’t made

Bm 

C 

 

G 

And we save our money in good faith

Bm 

 

And we work hard for our li

G 

ving 

 

wage

Bm 

 

But still

G 

the banks gotta break

Bm 

C 

 

D 

‘Cause the dream’s a lie

 

And the snake, it b

Bm 

it 

 

you

C 

 

And the books all f

D 

ried

 

You are bankrupting

Bm 

 

Because all th

C 

e loans you take

 

G 

Big wave, do do do

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

It’s going to hit you with a big wave

G 

 

G 

I can’t sleep these days

Bm 

 

And my blues, they

G 

won’t go away

Bm 

 

So there are

G 

these little pills I been takin’  

Bm 

C 

 

And my doctor, she say

G 

s that they’re safe

Bm 

 

But I been s

G 

leepwalking down to the lake

Bm 

 

And wakin’  

G 

up in the water

Bm 

 

D 

And the feeling’s a lie

 

But the snake, it  

Bm 

bit 

 

me

C 

 

And the scripts, the

D 

y 

 

lie

 

I have been poisoned from

Bm 

C 

 

G 

Big wave, do do do

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

G 

Big wave, do do do

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

It’s gonna hit you with a big wave

G 

 

G 

I know you feel deprived

Bm 

G 

All of us still alive  

Bm 

G 

It’s really just that I don’t feel

Bm 

 

Like it much these days

C 

 

D 

And my love’s a lie

 

‘Cause the snake, he vis

Bm 

its 

 

me

C 

 

And your dreams don’t  

D 

lie

 

I have been co

Bm 

rrupted

C 

 

G 

Big wave, do do do

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

You’re gonna hit me with a big wave

G 

G 

Big wave, do do do

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

It’s gonna hit you with a big wave

G 

 

G 

Big wave, da da da

A 

Big wave, do do do

C 

Big 

 

wave

 

It’s gonna hit you with a big wave

G 

Animal

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Animal by Jenny And Johnny

Bm 

We must modernize Jerusalem

 

F#m 

Let them fight over the dust

 

Bm 

We will organize in Bethlehem

 

F#m 

And agnostic headstrong men

 

Em 

If you lose your  

Bm 

fear of God

 

You are an  

Em 

animal 

 

at

Bm 

heart  

A 

oh-

 

D 

Show your teeth to everyone

 

Bm 

Don’t let no one prove you wrong

 

Em 

You are an animal,

A 

an animal, an animal

 

D 

Show your teeth to everyone

 

Bm 

Don’t let no one prove you wrong

 

Em 

You are an animal,

A 

an animal, an animal

 

Bm 

 

Bm 

We must rearrange reality

 

F#m 

Pair the joker with the queen

 

Bm 

To destroy all our enemies

 

Find the  

F#m 

ones who don’t believe

 

Em 

If you lose your  

Bm 

fear of God

 

You are an  

Em 

animal 

 

at

A 

heart

 

D 

Show your teeth to everyone

 

Bm 

Don’t let no one prove you wrong

 

Em 

You are an animal,

A 

an animal, an animal

 

D 

Show your teeth to everyone

 

Bm 

Don’t let no one prove you wrong

 

Em 

You are an animal,

A 

an animal, an animal

 

D 

 

Bm 

 

Em 

 

A 

 

D 

Show your teeth to everyone

 

Bm 

Don’t let no one prove you wrong

 

Em 

You are an animal,

A 

an animal, an animal

 

D 

 

Bm