I play this song with capo on 3rd fret. Play only 4 low notes for Ab, and Fm is played on the 8th fret. 

            
It was January

            
 1963 When Joh

              
nny came home 

              
with a gift fo

         
r me He said I
            
bought it for 

              
you because I 

              
love you And I

    
 bought it for

 you because i

t's your birth

day, too He wa

s
            
so very nice, 

              
he was so very

      
 kind To think

 of me at this

 point in time

              

    
            
   I used to t

              
hink of him, h

        
e used think o

f me

            
He told me to 

              
close my eyes 

     
My gift would 

be a great sur

prise
            
I saw tears we

              
re in his eyes

     
 He never mean

t to hurt me O

h God
            
Johnny, don't 

            
point that gun

              
 at me There's

    
 so many ways 

our lives have

 changed
            
But please, I 

            
beg, don't do 

            
this to me Joh

              
nny, don't poi

        
nt that gun at

 me Can I 
            
save my life a

              
t any price? F

            
or God's sake 

            
won't you list

          
en to me?
            
And though he 

              
was ashamed th

              
at he had took

        
 a life Johnny

 came home wit

h another wife

 And he
            
often remember

              
ed how it used

              
 to be Before 

     
that special o

ccasion, 1963 

There was
            
too many ways 

              
that you could

              
 kill someone 

          
Like in a love

 affair, when 

the love is go

ne
            
   He use to t

              
hink of her  S

          
he use to thin

k of him
            
He told me to 

              
close my eyes 

     
My gift would 

be a great sur

prise
            
I saw hatred i

              
n his eyes He 

     
never meant to

 hurt me Oh Go

d
            
Johnny, don't 

            
point that gun

              
 at me There's

    
 so many ways 

our lives have

 changed
            
But please, I 

            
beg, don't do 

            
this to me Joh

              
nny, you keep 

        
on using me Ca

n I 
            
change my life

              
 at any price?

            
 Oh johnny won

            
't you listen 

          
to me?
            
I just want yo

             
u to be mine, 


I don't want t

his world to s

hine
            
I don't want t

              
his bridge to 

            
burn Oh, Johnn

              
y, do you miss

     
 me? I just wa

nt to feel for

 you
            
         I wil

              
l always feel 

            
for you…      

       
 
            
         I wil

              
l always feel 

         
for you…    
            
         I wil

              
l always feel 

         
for you...