Johnny Cash : Misc: American Recordings

G

D

I asked my love, to take a walk

G

Take a walk, just a little ways

C

And as we walked, along we talked

G

D

G

Of when would be, our wedding day And only say, that you'll be mine In no others arms entwined Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the Ohio I asked her if she'd marry me And my wife forever be She only turned her head away And had no other words to say And only say, that you'll be mine In no others arms entwined Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the Ohio I plunged a knife into her breast And told her she was going to rest She cried, "Oh Willie, don't murder me I'm not prepared for eternity" I took her by her golden curls And drug her down to the riverside And there I pushed her into drown And I watched her as she floated down And only say, that you'll be mine In no others arms entwined Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the Ohio And going home between twelve and one And cried, "Oh Lord, What have I done? I've killed the only girl I love Because she would not marry me" And only say, that you'll be mine In no others arms entwined Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the Ohio

Am

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C

D

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Am

C

D

Am

C

D

Am

I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel

C

D

Am

C

D

Am

I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real

C

D

Am

C

D

Am

The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting

C

D

Am

C

D

G

Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything

Am

F

C

G

What have I become, my sweetest friend?

Am

F

C

G

Everyone I know, goes away in the end

Am

F

C

G

And you could have it all, my empire of dirt

Am

F

G

Am

I will let you down, I will make you hurt I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liars chair Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair Beneath the stains of time, the feeling disappears You are someone else, I am still right here What have I become, my sweetest friend? Everyone I know, goes away in the end And you could have it all, my empire of dirt I will let you down, I will make you hurt If I could start again, a million miles away I would keep myself, I would find a way

C/g

There's a man, goin' round, takin' names And he decides, who to free, and who to blame Everybody, won't be treated, all the same

/c

/b

Am

There'll be a golden ladder, reaching down

/e

F

G

C/g

When the man comes around The hairs, on your arm, will stand up At the terror, in each sip, and each sup Will you partake of that last offered cup? Or disappear, into the potter's ground? When the man comes around

C

Hear the Trumpets hear the pipers One hundred million angels singin'

C

F

C

G

Multitudes are marchin' to a big kettledrum

G

Voices callin', voices cryin'

G

Some are born and some are dyin'

G

C

It's Alpha and Omega Kingdom come

F

C

And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees

C/g

And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

F

C

The whirlwind in the thorn trees

C/g

It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks Till Armageddon no shalom, no shalom Then the father hen will call his chicken's home The wise man will bow down before the throne And at his feet they will cast the golden crowns When the man comes around Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still Listen to the words long written down When the man comes around

C

Hear the Trumpets hear the pipers One hundred million angels singing

F

C

G

Multitudes are marchin' to a big kettledrum

G

Voices callin', voices cryin' Some are born and some are dyin'

G

C

It's Alpha and Omega Kingdom come

F

C

And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees

C/g

And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

F

C

The whirlwind in the thorn trees

C/g

It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks

C/g

Am

F

In measured hundred weight and penny pound

F

G

C/g

When the man comes around

Am

D

F

G

Am

D

Is it getting better?

F

G

Or do you feel the same?

Am

D

Will it make it easier on you now

F

G

You got someone to blame?

C

Am

You say one love, one life

Fmaj7

C

When it's one need in the night

C

Am

One love, we get to share it

Fmaj7

C

It leaves you baby, if you don't care for it

Am

D

F

G

Am

D

Did I disappoint you?

F

G

Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?

Am

D

You act like you never had love

F

G

And you want me to go without

C

Am

Well it's too late tonight

Fmaj7

C

To drag the past out into the light

C

Am

We're one but we're not the same

Fmaj7

C

We get to carry each other, carry each other

Am

D

F

G

One

Am

D

Have you come here for forgiveness?

F

G

Have you come to raise the dead?

Am

D

Have you come here to play Jesus

F

G

To the lepers in your head?

C

Am

Did I ask too much? More than a lot?

Fmaj7

C

You gave me nothing now it's all I got

C

Am

We're one, but we're not the same

Fmaj7

C

But we hurt each other, and we're doing it again

C

Am

You say love is a temple, love a higher law

C

Am

Love is a temple, love the higher law

C

G

You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl

F

And I can't be holding on to what you got

C

When all you got is hurt

C

Am

One love, one blood

Fmaj7

C

One life, you got to do what you should

C

Am

One life with each other

Fmaj7

C

Sisters, brothers

C

Am

One life, but we're not the same

Fmaj7

C

We get to carry each other, carry each other

C

Am

F

C

One, One

Main Riff

A5

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A5

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A5

You wired me awake and hit me with a hand of broken nails

A5

You tied my lead and pulled my chain and watched my blood begin to boil

A5

G

But I'm gonna break

A5

G

I'm gonna break my

A5

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

A5

G

But I'm gonna break

A5

G

I'm gonna break my

A5

G

A5

Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run

A5

Too cold to start a fire I'm burning diesel burning dinosaur bones

A5

I'll take the river down to still water and ride a pack of dogs

A5

G

But I'm gonna break

A5

G

I'm gonna break my

A5

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

A5

G

But I'm gonna break

A5

G

I'm gonna break my

A5

G

Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run |

E5

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E5

When the forest burns along the road

E5

Like God's eyes in my headlights

E5

When the dogs are looking for their bones

E5

And it's raining icepicks on your steel shores

E5

I'm gonna break

E5

I'm gonna break my

E5

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

E5

I'm gonna break

E5

I'm gonna break my

E5

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

Chorus + coda

E5

I'm gonna break

E5

I'm gonna break my

E5

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

E5

I'm gonna break

E5

I'm gonna break my

E5

D

E5

Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run

Intro Riff for chorus

F#m

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F#m

Bm

A

F#m

Belinda was mine 'til the time that I found her

A

Bm

A

Bm

Holdin' Jim, and loving him

F#m

Bm

A

F#m

Then Sue came along, loved me strong, that's what I thought

A

Bm

A

Bm

Me and Sue but that died too

A

D

A

E

Don't know that I will but until I can find me

A

D

A

E

A girl who will stay and won't play games behind me

E

F#m

* I'll be what I am

E

F#m

* A solitary man

E

F#m

Solitary man I've had it to here being where love's a small word A part time thing, a paper ring I know it's been done havin' one girl who loves me Right or wrong, weak or strong Don't know that I will but until I can find me The girl who will stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man A solitary man

Instrumental over F#m

Don't know that I will but until love can find me And the girl who will stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man A Solitary man Solitary man

C

G7

C

G7

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

C

G7

C

G7

As I walked out in Laredo one day

C

G7

C

G7

I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen

C

G7

C

G7

C

All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Sing the death march as you carry me along Take me to the valley then lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I boldly walked by Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story Got shot in the breast and I know I must die Go fetch me some water a cool cup of water To cool my parched lips then the poor cowboy said Before I returned his spirit had left him Had gone to his Maker the cowboy was dead

Johnny Cash : Misc: American Recordings

Banks Of The Ohio

Hurt
2002

The Man Comes Around
2002

One
2000

Rusty Cage
1996

Solitary Man
2000

Streets Of Laredo
2002

Johnny Cash : Misc: American Recordings

Banks Of The Ohio

Hurt 2002

The Man Comes Around 2002

One 2000

Rusty Cage 1996

Solitary Man 2000

Streets Of Laredo 2002

Hurt
2002

The Man Comes Around
2002

One
2000

Rusty Cage
1996

Solitary Man
2000

Streets Of Laredo
2002