Lyrics
JR Cash
Brian Volke SOCAN
Verse 1
C Well I gave the finger to the warden in San Quentin
C Played a show for the boys in Folsom so they could hear my Southern drawl
C F I believed the gift of music was good for one and all
G C It wouldn’t have mattered if I played to an empty hall
Pre-Chorus
F We popped pills in the early days
F C To get from show to show
F Strummin’ guitars in country bars
F G Hollerin’ “Go man go!”
F One night we’d break a hundred hearts
C Am Next night a hundred more
Chorus
Am C We’d leave them cry, cry cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’ by the door
Bb C Bb C Bb Bb Bb C
Verse 2
C Well I walked the line in rhythm
C Danced around that ring of fire
C Seems like June was the only woman who could really take me higher
C F Seems like pain was my only friend, maybe a time or two
G C My vision was blurred, I couldn’t see straight, it was music that got me through
Pre-Chorus
F We popped pills in the early days
F C To get from show to show
F Strummin’ guitars in country bars
F G Hollerin’ “Go man go!”
F One night we’d break a hundred hearts
C Am Next night a hundred more
Chorus
Am C We’d leave them cry, cry cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’ by the door (x2)
|Bb C| Bb C Bb Bb Bb C
Break
|C |C G |G |G C |C | C F |F C |G C |F C |G C |
Bridge
Am I was the Man in Black
Em I suffered for my sins
Am I always came back
G Despite the shape I was in
F C Am They all said I’d come and go in a flash
G C I just smiled and said, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”
Verse 3 (Same chords as Verses 1 and 2)
Some said that I music in my veins instead of blood
Some said that I music in my heart instead of love
I can tell you that I had it all everything in spades
I loved so much my heart blew up, sent me to outer space
Pre- Chorus
Pre-Chorus
F We popped pills in the early days
F C To get from show to show
F Strummin’ guitars in country bars
F G Hollerin’ “Go man go!”
F One night we’d break a hundred hearts
C Am Next night a hundred more
Chorus
Am C We’d leave them cry, cry cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’
C Cry, cry, cryin’ by the door (x2)
Bb C Bb C Bb Bb Bb C