Here is what Richie sent me regarding "Handsome Johnny"

"Concerning the Handsome johnny you have...
the real chords are....
Intro
in open D tuning....E ...2cnd fret...barring whole fret with thumb
then only the top three strings...back and forth...

then WRITTEN BY LYRIC LINE
       (A)   Hey looka  (B)   Yonder tell me  (E/top 3 strings/E) whats
that you see
       A....B...                                                     "
       A....B..                                                      ".
       A....B...                                                     "
the bridge...
       (A)   it's a long  (B)  hard  (E) Road
       A...B...E
       A...B...E
       (B)  hey before we'll be   (E)  Free
so some of you guys can transcribe it looking at the structure you already
have..."

There you go. So if anyone can transcribe the song using this plz mail it to me at Piper707@hotmail.com - I'll add it.