Johnny And Mary chords by Nouvelle Vague

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Verse 1:
N.C.       C       C       Am    Am
 Johnny's always runnin' around tryin' to find certainty
         C        C          Em  Em
He needs all the world to confirm that he ain't lonely
        F   F        G7  G7
Mary counts the walls, knows he tires easily


🤘 Verse 2:
         C          C        Am      Am
Johnny thinks the world would be right if it could buy truth from him
        C        C        Em  Em
Mary says: "He changes his mind more than a woman"
         F F      G7       G7
But she made her bed even when a chance was slim

🤘 Verse 2:
          C        C        Am     Am
Johnny says, "He's willing to learn when he decides, he's a fool"
          C       C           Em  Em
Johnny says: "He'll live anywhere when he earns time to"
       F   F           G7    G7
Mary combs her hair, says: "She should be used to it"

🤘 Verse 3:
      C        C        Am      Am
Mary always hedges her bets, she never knows what to think
         C           C        Em  Em
She says that he still acts like he is being discovered
           F   F     G7      G7
Scared that he'll be caught without a second thought

🤘 Instrumental:
|C  |C  |Am  |Am  |
|C  |C  |Em  |Em  |
|F  |F  |G7  |G7

🤘 Verse 4:
         C         C       Am     Am
Johnny feels he's wasting his breath tryin' to talk sense to her
         C       C         Em  Em
Mary says: "He's lackin' a real sense of proportion"
     F       F        G7  G7
So, she combs her hair, knows he tires easily

🤘 Chorus:
        C       C
Johnny's always runnin' around
      Am  Am
Runnin' all around
        C       C
Johnny's always runnin' around
     Em  Em
Runnin' around
    F  F
Ooh-ooh-ooh
    G7  G7
Ooh-ooh-ooh

🤘 Chorus:
        C       C
Johnny's always runnin' around
     Am  Am
Runnin' around
        C       C
Johnny's always runnin' around
     Em  Em
Runnin' around
  F  F
Oh-oh
  G7 G7
Oh-oh

🤘 Outro:
        C
Johnny's always runnin' around