Lyrics and Chords
Bye Johnny Bye (Dead Rock Stars)
She pulled all her money from the Southern Trust
And put her little boy on a greyhound bus
Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hands
For a one way ticket to the promised land
Hey there girlie with the red dress on
There's a party tonight down in Memphis town
I'm going down if you need a ride
The man on the radio says "Elvis Presley's died"
When we pulled into Memphis the sky was hard and black
And up over the ridge came a white Cadillac
They took all his money and they laid him in the back
A woman cried now "oh, he's gone, he's gone"
They found him slumped up against the drain
With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins
Bye, Bye Johnny, Johnny Bye, Bye
You didn't have to die, no you didn't have to die
Well, hey you there with that flannel shirt on
The years go by but the story stays the same
I'm going west if you need a ride
The man on the radio says "Kurt Cobain's died"
The man on the radio says "Bye Johnny Bye"
The man on the radio says "he's here and gone"
The man on the radio says "Bye, Bye again"
It looks like we got another dead rock star