Johnny Put Down Your Gun Lyrics & Chords By Cornmeal

Johnny Put Down Your Gun
words and music by Chris Gangi


Chorus:
Johnny put down your gun oh Johnny
Johnny put down your gun ole son
Grab yourself a girl and go get married
Cuz life ain’t worth living on the run

Johnny was born in old Kentucky
High in the hills of northern Boone
Folks been saying since he’s a baby
Johnny was born to break the rules


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Johnny was raised by the barrel
But shooting bottles and cans just wouldn’t do
He took his first bank at age eleven
The Pennsylvania Trust at twenty-two

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It was a cold November down in Preston
And things went quiet on the plains
When Johnny walked into the barroom
He met a little girl of his dreams

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But you know that Johnny would never settle
He high tailed it out by the first of spring
He hooked up a 42o out of Boise
But the sheriff took him down near Aberdeen