Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down.

 I think you only live to see the lights of town.

I wasted my time when I would try, try, try.

When the lights have lost their glow, you're gonna cry, cry, cry.

Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone.

 You'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone.

You'll call to me but I'm gonna tell you: "Bye, bye, bye,"

When I turn around and walk away, you'll cry, cry, cry,

You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,

When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.

 You're gonna cry, cry, cry.

I lie awake at night and wait 'til you come in.

You stay a little while and then you're gone again.

Every question that I ask, I get a lie, lie, lie.

For every lie you tell, you're gonna cry, cry, cry.

When your fickle little love gets old, no one will care for you.

You'll come back to me for a little love that's true.

I'll tell you no and you gonna ask me why, why, why?

When I remind you of all of this, you'll cry, cry, cry.

You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,

When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.

You're gonna cry, cry, cry.

(2. Hey Porter)

 INTRO

Hey,Porter,Hey Porter Would you tell me the time?

 How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason Dixon Line?

 At daylight will you tell that engineer to slow it down;

 Or better still, just stop the train 'cause I want to look around.

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter! What time did you say?

 How much longer will it be 'till I can see the light of day?

 When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineer to ring his bell;

 And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand rightup and yell.

 SOLO

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter! It's getting light outside.

 This old train is puffin' smoke and I have to strain my eyes.

 But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please,

 Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves, and I feel that Southern breeze.

Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter! Please get my bags for me,

 I need nobody to tell me now that we're in Tennessee

 Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle scream.

 We're not so far from home so take it easy on the steam

 SOLO

Hey Porter! Hey Porter! Please open up my door

When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first

 cause I can't wait no more.

 Tell that engineer I say, "Thanks a lot. I didn't mind the fare

 I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil and breathe that Southern air."

 OUTRO

(3. Folsom Prison Blues)

Intro

I hear the train a comin'

It's rollin' 'round the bend,

And I ain't seen the sunshine,

Since, I don't know when,

 I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,

 And time keeps draggin' on,

 But that train keeps a-rollin',

 On down to San Antone.

When I was just a baby,

My Mama told me, "Son,

Always be a good boy,

Don't ever play with guns,"

 But I shot a man in Reno,

 Just to watch him die,

 When I hear that whistle blowin',

 I hang my head and cry.

Solo

Repeat Verse

I bet there's rich folks eatin',

In a fancy dining car,

They're probably drinkin' coffee,

And smokin' big cigars,

 But I know I had it comin',

 I know I can't be free,

 But those people keep a-movin',

 And that's what tortures me.

Solo

Repeat Verse

Well, if they freed me from this prison,

If that railroad train was mine,

I bet I'd move out on a little,

Farther down the line,

Far from Folsom Prison,

 That's where I want to stay,

 And I'd let that lonesome whistle,

 Blow my Blues away.

4. I Walk The Line

 I keep a close watch on this heart of mine

 I keep my eyes wide open all the time.

 I keep the ends out for the tie that binds

 Because you're mine, I walk the line

 I find it very, very easy to be true

 I find myself alone when each day is through

 Yes, I'll admit I'm a fool for you

 Because you're mine, I walk the line

 As sure as night is dark and day is light

 I keep you on my mind both day and night

 And happiness I've known proves that it's right

 Because you're mine, I walk the line

 You've got a way to keep me on your side

 You give me cause for love that I can't hide

 For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide

 Because you're mine, I walk the line

 I keep a close watch on this heart of mine

 I keep my eyes wide open all the time.

 I keep the ends out for the tie that binds

 Because you're mine, I walk the line

5. Get Rhythm

 Hey get rhythm when you get the blues

 come on get rhythm when you get the blues

get a rock 'n' roll feelin in your bones

put taps on your toes an get gone

 get rhythm when you get the blues

 A little shoe shine boy he never gets low down

but he's got the dirtiest job in town

bending low at the peoples feet

on a windy corner of a dirty street

when i asked him while he shined my shoes

how to you keep from getting the blues

he grinned as he raised his little head

he popped he shoe shine rag and then he said

 Get rhythm when you get the blues

 come on get rhythm when you get the blues

a jumpin rhythm makes you feel so fine

it will shake all the troubles off your worried mind

 get rhythm when you get the blues

Instrumental

 Get rhythm when you get the blues

 come on get rhythm when you get the blues

get a rock 'n' roll feelin in your bones

put taps on your toes an get gone

 get rhythm when you get the blues

 Well i sat and listened to the shoe shine boy

and i thought i was gonna jump for joy

slapped on the shoe polish left and right

he took his shoe shine rag an he held it tight

he stopped once to wipe the sweat away

i said "you mighty little boy to be a-workin that way"

he said i like it with a big wide grin

kept on a poppin an he said it again

 Get rhythm when you get the blues

 come on get rhythm when you get the blues

it only cost a dime just a nickle a shoe

it does a million dollars worth of good for you

 get rhythm when you get the blues

6. Big River

Intro

Well I taught the weeping willow

how to cry, And I showed the

clouds how to cover

 up a clear blue sky

 But the tears that I cried

For that women are gonna

Flood you Big River and

I'm gonna sit right here

 untill I die

Verse

2

I met her accidentally in

St. Paul Minnasota , And it

tore me up every time I

 heard her drawl, southern drawl

 Then I heard my dream was

 back down stream cavortin in

 Davenport , and I followed you

 Big River, when you called

 Fill :

Verse

3

Then you took me to St. Louis

later on down the river , a

freighter said shes been here

 but shes gone , boy shes gone

 I found her trail in Memphis

 but she just walked up the block

 she raised a few eyebrows and

 then she went on down alone

Now wont you batter down by

Batton Rouge , river queen rolling

on, Take that women on down

 to New Orleans, New Orleans

 Go on I' ve had enough dump

 my blues down in the gulf

 cause she loves you Big River

 More then me.

7. I Guess Things Happen That Way

 Well, you ask me if I'll forget my baby

I guess I will some day

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

 You ask me if I'll get along

I guess I will some way

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

Chorus

God gave me that girl to lean on, then he put me on my own

Heaven help me be a man and have the strength to stand alone

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll miss her kisses

I guess I will every day

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll find another

I don't know, I can't say

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

Chorus

8. Ring of Fire

Intro

Love Is A Burning Thing

 And It Makes A Firery Ring

 Bound By Wild Desire

 I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire

Chorus

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

 I Went Down, Down, Down

 And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns

 The Ring Of Fire

 The Ring Of Fire

Repeat INTRO Twice

Repeat CHORUS

 The Taste Of Love Is Sweet

 When Hearts Like Ours Meet

 I Fell For You Like A Child

 Ohh, But The Fire Went Wild

Repeat CHORUS

Repeat CHORUS

And It Burns, Burns, Burns

 The Ring Of Fire

 The Ring Of Fire

9.Jackson

 Both: We got married in a fever, hotter than a 'Pepper Sprout'

 Both: We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out

 John: I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess a- round

 John: Yea! I'm goin' to Jackson, look out Jackson town.

(Just Repeat Same Chords For All Verses)

June: Well, go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health

June: Go play our hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself

June: Yea! go to Jackson, go comb your hair

John: "Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson."

June: "See if I care."

John: When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow

June: (Hah!)

John: All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how

John: I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat

John: 'Cause, I'm goin' to Jackson

June: Goodbye, that's all she wrote.

June: But they'll laugh at you in Jackson

June: And I'll be dancin' on a 'Pony Keg'

June: They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound

June: With your tail tucked between your legs

June: Yea! go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man

June: And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my 'Ja(y)-pan Fan', Well!;

Both: We got married in a fever, hotter than a 'Pepper Sprout'

Both: We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went

Both: I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around

Both: Yea! I'm goin' to Jackson, look out Jackson town.

TAG: We got married in a fever, hotter than a 'Pepper Sprout' (FADE)

We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went...

10. A Boy Named Sue

My daddy left home when I was three

 And he didn't leave much to Ma and me

 Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.

Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid

 But the meanest thing that he ever did

 Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue.'

(Repeat For all Verses)

Well, he must o' thought that is was quite a joke

And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,

It seems I had to fight my whole life through.

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,

I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue.'

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,

My fist got hard and my wits got keen,

I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.

But I made me a vow to the moon and stars

That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

And kill that man that give me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

And I just hit town and my throat was dry,

I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.

At an old saloon on a street of mud,

There at a table, dealing stud,

Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me 'Sue.'

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,

And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.

He was big and bent and gray and old,

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

And I said: ÒMy name is 'Sue!' how do you do! Now you gonna die!Ó

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes

And he went down but, to my surprise,

He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.

But I busted a chair right across his teeth

And we crashed through the wall and into the street

Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men

But I really can't remember when,

He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.

I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,

He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,

He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: Son, this world is rough

And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough

And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.

So I give ya that name and I said good-bye

I knew you'd have to get tough or die

And it's that name that helped to make you strong.Ó

He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight

And I know you hate me, and you got the right

To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.

But ya ought to thank me, before I die,

For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'.'

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,

And I come away with a different point of view.

And I think about him, now and then,

Every time I try and every time I win,

And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him

Bill or George! Any damn thing but sue! I still hate that name!

11. Sunday Morning Comin' Down

 Well, I woke up Sunday morning

 With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

 And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,

 So I had one more for dessert.

 Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes

 And found my cleanest dirty shirt.

 Then I washed my face and combed my hair

And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

 I'd smoked my mind the night before

 With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking.

 But I lit my first and watched a small kid

 Playing with a can that he was kicking.

 Then I walked across the street

 And caught the Sunday smell of someone frying chicken.

 And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost

 Somewhere, somehow along the way.

 On a Sunday morning sidewalk,

 I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.

 'Cause there's something in a Sunday

 That makes a body feel alone.

 And there's nothing short a' dying

 That's half as lonesome as the sound

 Of the sleeping city sidewalk

 And Sunday morning coming down.

(Repeat)

In the park I saw a daddy

With a laughing little girl that he was swinging.

And I stopped beside a Sunday school

And listened to the songs they were singing.

Then I headed down the street,

And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing,

And it echoed through the canyon

Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

That makes a body feel alone.

And there's nothing short a' dying

That's half as lonesome as the sound

Of the sleeping city sidewalk

And Sunday morning coming down.

12. Man In Black

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black

 Why you never see bright colors on my back?

 And why does my ap- pearance

 Seem to have a sombre tone?

 Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down

 Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town

 I wear it for the pri- soner

 Who has long paid for his crime

 But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those, who've never read

Or listened to the words, that Jesus said

About the road to happiness, through love and charity

Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose

In our streak-of-lightnin' cars and fancy clothes

But just so we're reminded of, the ones who are held back

Up front there oughta be a man in black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old

For the reckless ones, whose bad trip left them cold

I wear the black in mournin', for the lives that could have been

Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And I wear it for the thousands who have died

Believin' that the Lord was on their side

I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died

Believin' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right, I know

And things need changin' ev'rywhere you go

But 'til we start to make a move, to make a few things right

You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Aw! I'd love to wear a rainbow every day

 And tell the world that ev'rything's OK

 But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back

 'Til things are brighter I'm the man in black.

13. One Piece At A Time

Well, I left Kentucky back in '49

 And went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line

 The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by

 And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry

 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan

That should be the envy of most any man

I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand

Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired

But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired

I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.

Chorus

I'd get it one piece at a time

 And it wouldn't cost me a dime

 You'll know it's me when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style

 I'm gonna drive ever'body wild

 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.

So the very next day when I punched in

With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends

I left that day with a lunch box full of gears

Now I never considered myself a thief

But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece

Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump

And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk

Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome

The little things I could get in my big lunchbox

Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks

But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.

Now up to now my plan went allright

'Til we tried to put it all together one night

And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a '53

And the motor turned out to be a '73

And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit

And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit

We had that engine runnin' just like a song

Now the headlight' was another sight

We had two on the left and one on the right

But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too

But we put it together and when we got thru

Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin

About that time my wife walked out

And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts

But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags

And I headed her right on down main drag

I could hear ever'body laughin' for blocks around

But up there at the court house they didn't laugh

'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff

And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

Chorus

I got it one piece at a time

And it didn't cost me a dime

You'll know it's me when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style

I'm gonna drive ever'body wild

'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER This is the COTTON MOUTH

In the PYSCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH

And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER

You might say I went right up to the factory

And picked it up, it's cheaper that way

Ugh!, what model is it

Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56

'57, '58' 59' Automobile

 (Fade) It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67

'68, '69, '70 Automobile.

14.Highway Man

Intro

Verse 1

(Willie Nelson)

I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride,

Sword and pistol by my side,

Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,

Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade,

The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five,

 But I am still alive

Verse 2

(Kris Kristofferson)

I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide,

With the sea I did abide,

I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico,

I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow,

And when the yard broke off they say that I got killed,

 But I am living still

Verse 3

(Waylon Jennings)

I was a dam builder, across a river long and wide,

Where steel and water did collide,

A place called boulder on the wild Colorado,

I slipped and fell on the wet concrete below,

They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds,

 But I am still around,

Chorus

(All)

 I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around

Verse 4

(Johnny Cash)

I'll fly a starship across the universe divide,

And when I reach the other side,

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can,

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,

Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,

But I will remain,

Outro

(All) (same chords as bridge)

 And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again

(let ring)

15. The Wanderer

Tune down half a step

 Intro

 I went out walking through the streets paved with gold

 Lifted some stones

 Saw the skin and bones

 Of a city without a soul

 I went out walking under an atomic sky

 Where the ground wont turn and the rain it burns

 Like the tears when I said goodbye

 Yeah I went with nothing

 Nothing but the thought of you

 I went wandering

I went drifting through the capitals of tin

Where men cant walk

Or freely talk

And sons turn their fathers in

I stopped outside a church house

Where the citizens like to sit

They say they want the kingdom

But they dont want God in it

I went out riding

Down that ol eight lane

I passed by a thousand signs

Looking for my own name

I went with nothing

But the thought youd be there too

Looking for you

I went out there

In search of experience

To taste and to touch

And to feel as much

As a man can

Before he repents

I went out searching, lookin for one good man

A spirit who would not bend or break

Who would sit at his fathers right hand

I went out walking with a Bible and a gun

The word of God lay heavy on my heart

I was sure I was the one

Now jesus, dont you wait up

Jesus, Ill be home soon

Yeah I went out for the papers

Told her Id be back by noon

Yeah I left with nothing

But the thought youd be there too

Looking for you...

Yeah I left with nothing

Nothing but the thought of you...

I went wandering

16.Delia's Gone

Intro

Delia, oh Delia, Delia all my life

 If I hadn't-a shot poor Delia, I'd have had her for my wife

 Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

Verses

I went up to Memphis, and I met Delia there

Found her in her parlor, and I tied her to her chair

 Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

She was low-down and travellin', and she was cold and mean

Kind of evil make me want to grab my sub-machine

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

First time I shot her, I shot her in the side

Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

But jailer, oh jailer, jailer I can't sleep

'Cuz all around my bedside I hear the patter of Delia's feet

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

So if your woman's devilish, you can let her run

Or you can bring her down and do her like Delia got done

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

 Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

17.Rusty Cage

18. I've Been Everywhere

 I was totin my pack along the long dusty Winnamucka road

 When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load

 If your goin' to Winnamucka, Mack with me you can ride

 And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside

 He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand

 And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been everywhere, man

I've been everywhere, man

Crossed the deserts bare, man

 I've breathed the mountain air, man

Travel - I've had my share, man

I've been everywhere

E A E F# E (strum the rhythm through out " I've been to

")

I've been everywhere, man

I've been everywhere, man

Crossed the deserts bare, man

 I've breathed the mountain air, man

Travel - I've had my share, man

I've been everywhere

19.Give My Love To Rose

 I found him by the railroad track this morning

 I could see that he was nearly dead

I knelt down beside him and I listened

Just to hear the words the dying fellow said

He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco

For ten long years I've paid for what I've done

I was trying to get back to Louisiana

To see my Rose and get to know my son

Chorus

]

Give my love to Rose please won't you mister

Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes

Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him

And don't forget to give my love to Rose

Tell them I said thanks for waiting for me

Tell my boy to help his mom at home

Tell my Rose to try to find another

For it ain't right that she should live alone

Mister here's a bag with all my money

It won't last them long the way it goes

God bless you for finding me this morning

And don't forget to give my love to Rose

Chorus

]

Give my love to Rose please won't you mister

Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes

Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him

And don't forget to give my love to Rose

20.When The Man Comes Around

Verse

Bridge

Verse

Bridge

Chorus

Verse

21. Hurt

Intro

Repeat

 I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel

 I focus on the pain, the only thing thats real

 The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting

 Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything

Chorus

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

repeat intro

Verse

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

Chorus

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

Outro

 If I could start again, a million miles away

I would keep myself, I would find a way.

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