Chords for Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue lyrics
Tempo:
102.4 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
Eb
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Well, my daddy left home when I was three and he [Eb] didn't leave much to ma and me, just
[F] this old guitar and an empty bottle of [Bb] booze.
Now, I don't blame him because he run and hid, but the meanest thing that he ever did
[F] was before he left, he went and named [Bb] me Sue.
Well, he must have thought that it was quite [Eb] a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks.
[F] It seems I had to fight my whole [Bb] life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [Eb] and some guy'd laugh and I'd butt his head.
[F] I'll tell you, life ain't easy for a boy [Bb] named Sue.
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean.
[Eb] My fists got hard and my wits got keen, [F]
roamed from town to town to hide [Bb] my shame.
When I made me a vow to the moon and [Eb] stars, I'd search the Humpton Thompson bar [F]
and kill
that man that gave me that [Bb] awful name.
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [Eb] and I'd just hit town and my throat was [F] dry.
I thought I'd stop and have myself a [Bb] brew.
At an old saloon on a [Eb] street of mud, there at the table dealing [F] stud, sat the dirty manger
dog that [Bb] named me Sue.
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet [Eb] dad from a worn out picture that my mother'd had
[F] and I knew that scar on his cheek and [Bb] his evil eye.
[Bbm] He was big and bent and gray and [Eb] old and I looked at him and my blood ran [F] cold and I
said, my name is Sue.
How do you do?
[Bb] Now you gonna die.
Yeah, that's what I told him.
Well, I hit him hard right between the [Eb] eyes and he went down but to my [F] surprise, come
up with a knife and cut off a [Bb] piece of my ear.
Well, I busted a chair right across his [Eb] teeth and we crashed through the wall and into the
[F] street kicking and a gouging in the mud and the [Bb] blood and the beer.
I tell you, I fought tougher men but [Bbm] I really can't remember when.
[F] He kicked like a mule and he bit like [Bbm] a crocodile.
I [N] hurt him like a dog.
[F] this old guitar and an empty bottle of [Bb] booze.
Now, I don't blame him because he run and hid, but the meanest thing that he ever did
[F] was before he left, he went and named [Bb] me Sue.
Well, he must have thought that it was quite [Eb] a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks.
[F] It seems I had to fight my whole [Bb] life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [Eb] and some guy'd laugh and I'd butt his head.
[F] I'll tell you, life ain't easy for a boy [Bb] named Sue.
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean.
[Eb] My fists got hard and my wits got keen, [F]
roamed from town to town to hide [Bb] my shame.
When I made me a vow to the moon and [Eb] stars, I'd search the Humpton Thompson bar [F]
and kill
that man that gave me that [Bb] awful name.
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [Eb] and I'd just hit town and my throat was [F] dry.
I thought I'd stop and have myself a [Bb] brew.
At an old saloon on a [Eb] street of mud, there at the table dealing [F] stud, sat the dirty manger
dog that [Bb] named me Sue.
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet [Eb] dad from a worn out picture that my mother'd had
[F] and I knew that scar on his cheek and [Bb] his evil eye.
[Bbm] He was big and bent and gray and [Eb] old and I looked at him and my blood ran [F] cold and I
said, my name is Sue.
How do you do?
[Bb] Now you gonna die.
Yeah, that's what I told him.
Well, I hit him hard right between the [Eb] eyes and he went down but to my [F] surprise, come
up with a knife and cut off a [Bb] piece of my ear.
Well, I busted a chair right across his [Eb] teeth and we crashed through the wall and into the
[F] street kicking and a gouging in the mud and the [Bb] blood and the beer.
I tell you, I fought tougher men but [Bbm] I really can't remember when.
[F] He kicked like a mule and he bit like [Bbm] a crocodile.
I [N] hurt him like a dog.
Key:
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Bb
Eb
Bbm
F
Bb
Eb
Bbm
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Well, my daddy left home when I was three and he [Eb] didn't leave much to ma and me, just
[F] this old guitar and an empty bottle of [Bb] booze.
Now, I don't blame him because he run and hid, but the meanest thing that he ever did
[F] was before he left, he went and named [Bb] me Sue. _ _
_ Well, he must have thought that it was quite [Eb] a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks.
[F] It seems I had to fight my whole [Bb] life through.
_ Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [Eb] and some guy'd laugh and I'd butt his head.
[F] I'll tell you, life ain't easy for a boy [Bb] named Sue.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean.
[Eb] My fists got hard and my wits got keen, [F]
roamed from town to town to hide [Bb] my shame.
_ When I made me a vow to the moon and [Eb] stars, I'd search the Humpton Thompson bar [F]
and kill
that man that gave me that [Bb] awful name.
_ _ Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [Eb] and I'd just hit town and my throat was [F] dry.
I thought I'd stop and have myself a [Bb] brew.
_ At an old saloon on a [Eb] street of mud, there at the table dealing [F] stud, sat the dirty manger
dog that [Bb] named me Sue.
_ Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet [Eb] dad from a worn out picture that my mother'd had
[F] and I knew that scar on his cheek and [Bb] his evil eye.
[Bbm] He was big and bent and gray and [Eb] old and I looked at him and my blood ran [F] cold and I
said, my name is Sue.
How do you do?
[Bb] Now you gonna die.
_ Yeah, that's what I told him.
_ Well, I hit him hard right between the [Eb] eyes and he went down but to my [F] surprise, come
up with a knife and cut off a [Bb] piece of my ear.
_ Well, I busted a chair right across his [Eb] teeth and we crashed through the wall and into the
[F] street kicking and a gouging in the mud and the [Bb] blood and the beer.
_ I tell you, I fought tougher men but [Bbm] I really can't remember when.
[F] He kicked like a mule and he bit like [Bbm] a crocodile.
_ I [N] hurt him like a dog. _ _ _
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Well, my daddy left home when I was three and he [Eb] didn't leave much to ma and me, just
[F] this old guitar and an empty bottle of [Bb] booze.
Now, I don't blame him because he run and hid, but the meanest thing that he ever did
[F] was before he left, he went and named [Bb] me Sue. _ _
_ Well, he must have thought that it was quite [Eb] a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks.
[F] It seems I had to fight my whole [Bb] life through.
_ Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [Eb] and some guy'd laugh and I'd butt his head.
[F] I'll tell you, life ain't easy for a boy [Bb] named Sue.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean.
[Eb] My fists got hard and my wits got keen, [F]
roamed from town to town to hide [Bb] my shame.
_ When I made me a vow to the moon and [Eb] stars, I'd search the Humpton Thompson bar [F]
and kill
that man that gave me that [Bb] awful name.
_ _ Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [Eb] and I'd just hit town and my throat was [F] dry.
I thought I'd stop and have myself a [Bb] brew.
_ At an old saloon on a [Eb] street of mud, there at the table dealing [F] stud, sat the dirty manger
dog that [Bb] named me Sue.
_ Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet [Eb] dad from a worn out picture that my mother'd had
[F] and I knew that scar on his cheek and [Bb] his evil eye.
[Bbm] He was big and bent and gray and [Eb] old and I looked at him and my blood ran [F] cold and I
said, my name is Sue.
How do you do?
[Bb] Now you gonna die.
_ Yeah, that's what I told him.
_ Well, I hit him hard right between the [Eb] eyes and he went down but to my [F] surprise, come
up with a knife and cut off a [Bb] piece of my ear.
_ Well, I busted a chair right across his [Eb] teeth and we crashed through the wall and into the
[F] street kicking and a gouging in the mud and the [Bb] blood and the beer.
_ I tell you, I fought tougher men but [Bbm] I really can't remember when.
[F] He kicked like a mule and he bit like [Bbm] a crocodile.
_ I [N] hurt him like a dog. _ _ _
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