Bb           Gm        Cm           F
Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it
Bb           Gm        Cm           F
Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it
Bb             Gm        Cm               F
Johnny was an angel   An angel dressed in black
  Bb               Gm                 Cm           F
He used to hang around the guys  Down at the local track
   Bb               Bb7                   Eb                F#
He tried so hard to join them    But they always turned him back
             Bb                Gm
Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel)
             Cm                F
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)

Bb          Gm     Cm             F
He was only 17    Just got out of school
   Bb                Gm                 Cm                F
He stole a bike from Joe's garage    To prove that he was cool
   Bb                   Bb7                   Eb             F#
He didn't know that the brakes were worn  And fate can be so cruel
            Bb                  Gm
Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel)
            Cm                 F
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)
             Bb                      Gm
Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it)
             Cm                      F
Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it)

     Eb         (E) F              (E) Eb            (E) F         (E)
Well Johnny went a  riding    With his girlfriend on the back seat
Eb          (E)  F               (E)  Eb          (E) F           (E)
Looking for some action     And they found it down a  back street
Eb      (E) F                 (E) Eb               (E) F
Suddenly a truck pulled out    He tried to step on the brake 


Ebmaj7       F
Johnny don't do it (Here is a news flash)
Dm           Gm
Johnny don't do it (Today, Johnny Kowalski, also known as Johnny Angel)
Ebmaj7       F
Johnny don't do it (and his young fiance Francine, were tragically killed)
Dm           G [building...]
Johnny don't do it (in a cycle accident)

Don't do it, don't do it (any witnesses please contact)
                   
Don't do it, don't do it (the police at Precinct 29)

[solo chords]
A      D      G     D      
A     D   D F D G [building...] Bb G C Bb G F D C Bb C Bb G

    C                 Am
Now Johnny's with the angels
    Dm            G
The angels in the sky
  C            Am
I wonder if he thinks of us
   Dm             G
As he goes riding by
   C            C7
If only he had listened
       F                  Ab
Oh the number of times we tried

To tell him
             C                  Am
Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel)
             Dm                G
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)
             C                   Am
Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel)
             Dm                G
Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)   
C            Bb    (B)
Johnny don't do it
C            Bb    (B)  C    Bb  (B) C ...
Johnny don't do it