-- Jonie by The Front Bottoms --
This song has not been studio recorded or officially
released by the band itself but was recently played
at a in-store solo show by lead singer Brian Sella.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIOWRwCa0Z0
Preferred Chords:
A# F Gm D# Cm F*
E-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D--3-----------8---3---10-|
A--1---3---5---6---5---8--|
E------1---3--------------|
[Intro]
A# F Gm
D# A# F x2
A#
You swallow it down or spit it out
But either way let’s move along
D#
I’m radioactive and in pieces
But I’m still feeling strong
A#
I can walk away from all of this
Cars crash I just don’t care
D#
Followers abandon me
‘Cause papa bear was unprepared
Cm
If only you could hold me
D#
My sweet sweet Jonie
A# F
I know I’d be so brave right now
Cm
If only you could hold me
D#
My sweet sweet Jonie
A# F
I know I’d be so brave right now
A# F Gm
D# A# F x2
A#
Maybe I’ll get back to you
Maybe I haven’t learned a thing
D#
This is the last time for you
But it’s not the last time for me
A#
I love the things you pay for
that knock you down and make you dizzy
D#
I got distracted along the way
shaking hands and looking busy
Cm
If only you could hold me
D#
My sweet sweet Jonie
A# F
I know I’d be so brave right now
Cm
If only you could hold me
D#
My sweet sweet Jonie
A# F
I know I’d be so brave right now
Cm D# A# F*
If only
Cm D# A# F*
You could hold me
Cm D# A# F*
My sweet sweet Jonie
Cm D# A#
Oh god my one and only
(pause)
A# F Gm
D# A# F x2
A# F
You ever think that maybe
Gm
I could be one of those things
D# A#
You hate at first
F
But eventually learn to
A# F
love and then trust
Gm
and then touch and then cut
D# A#
I bet you will
F
Yeah I bet you will
A# F Gm
D# A# F x2
A#
Took a lot of day trips
'tryna get away trip
D#
Sorry I’ve got cold lips
Nothing left to say
A#
I called double or nothing
on everything that I had
D#
Finally am what I am
I am a bag of bags
Cm
Bag of bags
D#
That’s all I am
A#
Just a bag of bags
F *
That’s all I am
Cm
just a bag of bags
D#
That’s all I am
A# F *
just a bag of bags
Cm D# A# F*
If only
Cm D# A# F*
You could hold me
Cm D# A# F*
My sweet sweet Jonie
Cm D# A#
Oh god my one and only
