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Poor Johnny by Robert Cray Ukulele Chords

Posted on August 31, 2022 by admin

If you are looking for Poor Johnny ukulele chords, you\’ve come to the right place.
You can play versatile instrument Poor Johnny using ukulele or guitar.
This song by Robert Cray can also be played by that instruments.
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Poor Johnny chords has rhythm and included in Twenty (2005) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz ukulele chords, country music ukulele chords, pop ukulele chords, world music ukulele chords, and rock ukulele chords here.

Poor Johnny by Robert Cray Ukulele Chords

Ok, this is one beautiful song, it\’s my first tab, but I really tried a lot, I mixed the
of the album version and the live version of the Crossroads DVD.

I hope this wil stimulate others to make more tabs of Robert Cray songs!!!

–Intro–

Guitar 1 (Album/Live)

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———–0——————2\\4–2\\4–(2/)4-2———–|
-2–2–2——\\4—-0—————————-2——–|
———————–0-(0)——————————|
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—–2-2-0—2——2–0—0-2—————————-|
-0-0————0-0——2——————————–|

Guitar 2 (Album/Live)
| From here played live

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—————————–2—————————-|
-7/9–7/9-9-9\\7-7/9——2/4—2–4-2———————|
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| Live…

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———————7————————————|
-7/9–7/9-9-9\\7-7/9—————————————|
——————————–0-2———————–|
——————————0—————————|

Guitar 1 (Album/Live)

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———————————————————-|
———————————-2———————–|
———–0——————2\\4—2–4-2—————-|
-2–2–2——\\4—-0———————-2————–|
———————-0-(0)——————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
—–2-2-0-0–2——2–0—0-2—————————|
-0-0————-0-0——2——————————-|

–Verse (Album/Live)–

[Bm] [F#] [Em] [A]

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—–3——-(2)——–0———-2———————–|
—4–4——-2————0———-2——————–|
———–4—-4—–2———-2————————-|
-2—————————-0—————————-|
———2———-0————————————–|

[Em] [A] [Em] [A]

———————————————————–|
——-0——–2———-0————2——————|
———0——–2———-0——–2——————–|
—-2———2———2———-2———————–|
————0——————–0————————-|
–0——————-0————————————|

–Chorus (Live)–
[Bm]

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——–7————————————————-|
——7——–2——————————————|
–7/9——2/4—-4-2—2———————————|
———————-4—4——————————-|
———————————————————-|

Bm ~ ~ ~ G

———————3–3—3——————————|
——–3-3-3——–4–4—4——————————|
——–4-4-4——–4–4—4——————————|
—–4–4-4-4——5—————————————|
—2——————————————————-|
—————–3—————————————–|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
—7—————2————————————–|
—7h9-7——-2h4—4-2———————————-|
———-9————–4——————————–|
———————————————————-|

Bm ~ ~ ~ G

———————3–3—3—–3—-3—–3–3———-|
——–3-3-3——–4–4—4—–4—-4—–4–4———-|
——–4-4-4——–4–4—4—–4—-4—–4–4———-|
—–4–4-4-4——5—————————————|
—2——————————————————-|
—————–3—————————————–|

–Alternate Chorus (live)–
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/robert_cray/poor_johnny_tab.html )

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-7—7————2—————————————|
-7h9-7——–2/4—4-2—2——————————-|
——–7—————4—4—————————–|
———————————————————-|

Bm ~ ~ ~ G

———————3–3—3——————————-|
——–3-3-3——–4–4—4——————————-|
——–4-4-4——–4–4—4——————————-|
—–4–4-4-4——5—————————————-|
—2——————————————————–|
—————–3——————————————|
-5/7-5-7-5/7-5-7-5/7-5-7-5/7-5-7—————————-|
————————————————————|
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Bm ~ ~ ~ G

———————3–3—3———-3–3–3—————|
——–3-3-3——–3–3—3—-3–6–3–6—-6–3–3-3-3—|
——–4-4-4——–4–4—4—-4–4—————-4-4-4—|
—–4–4-4-4——5———————————4-4-4—|
—2———————————————————|
—————–3——————————————-|

–Bridge– (just continue the alternate chorus that ends with that G and the added A#)

——-3–3–3———6-6–7/9-9-9-9-9———————————–|
-3–6–3–6—-6-6/8-8—————————————————-|
-4–4———————————————————————|
————————————————————————–|
————————————————————————–|
————————————————————————–|

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

————————————————————————|
—————————3–3–3——3—3—3———————–|
——2——————–4–4–4——4—4—4———————–|
–2/4—4-2—2———4–4–4–4——4—4—4———————–|
————4—4—–2————————————————-|
————————————————————————|
————————————————————–|
————————————————————–|
-2—-2—-2–2—2—-2—-2——2—-2—-2——-2
—2-2–|
-2h4–2—-2–4—2h4–2h4–2h4—-2h4–2h4–2h4—–2h4-2-2–|
———4—————-4———————-4————|
————————————————————–|

–Solo (album version)– I\’m quite sure this is correct

-12b15———10–12——————10-12-12b15–12b15-|
———–12———-12——-10/12———————|
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———————————————————-|
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———————————————————-|
-(12b15)—————10–12—————————–|
—————(10/)12———-12————————|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
–10/12———————–10————————–|
———7/9\\7–9—-9/11———11\\9–7-(9)————-|
——————-9————————————–|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
–10/12\\10-12—————–10h12-10——————–|
—————7/9\\7-(7/)9————-11-7-7/9–(11)—–|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|
——-10————————————————-|
-10/12—-12-(10)—————————————–|
——————-7/9(/11\\9)—7/9\\7—-9/11————-|
—————————————7——————|
———————————————————-|
———————————————————-|

–Outro–

Do the intro again, and some soloing…

it ends with this popular and catchy riff 😉
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————————————2———————–|
–7-7-77–10–10-10-9-9-5———————————–|

To play the most songs, including Poor Johnny by Robert Cray by ukulele, the most important basic ukulele chords to learn are C chord, D chord, G chord, and Em chord.
These set you up to play a ton of songs, and each of them is easy to learn.

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