My Old Kentucky Home Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
79.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
I've turned the [G] corner and I'm doing fine Shooting at the [D] birds on the telephone [A] line
Picking them off [D] with this gun of mine [G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head
[A] Going higher and higher till [D] I'm dead Sister Sue is short and stout
She didn't grow [G] up, she grew out Mama says she's [D] plain but she's just being
[A] kind Papa thinks she's [D] dirty but he's almost [G] blind
Don't let her [D] out much except at night [A] But I don't care cause I'm [D] alright
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky home
[D] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door Brother Gene is big and mean and he don't
have [G] much to say He had a little [D] woman who he whooped each day
[A] But now she's gone [D] away [G] Got drunk last night, [D] kicked Mama down the
stairs [A] But I'm alright so I [D] don't care
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky [D] home
And the young folks are rolling on the [Cm] floor [D] Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky
home Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door
Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner [G] and I'm doing fine
Shooting at the birds [D] on the telephone line [A] Picking them off with [D] this gun of mine
[G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head [A] Going higher and higher [D] till I'm dead
Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky home
And the young folks are rolling [A] on the floor Oh [D] the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky
[D] home Keep them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
[G] Keep [D] them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
I've turned the [G] corner and I'm doing fine Shooting at the [D] birds on the telephone [A] line
Picking them off [D] with this gun of mine [G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head
[A] Going higher and higher till [D] I'm dead Sister Sue is short and stout
She didn't grow [G] up, she grew out Mama says she's [D] plain but she's just being
[A] kind Papa thinks she's [D] dirty but he's almost [G] blind
Don't let her [D] out much except at night [A] But I don't care cause I'm [D] alright
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky home
[D] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door Brother Gene is big and mean and he don't
have [G] much to say He had a little [D] woman who he whooped each day
[A] But now she's gone [D] away [G] Got drunk last night, [D] kicked Mama down the
stairs [A] But I'm alright so I [D] don't care
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky [D] home
And the young folks are rolling on the [Cm] floor [D] Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky
home Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door
Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner [G] and I'm doing fine
Shooting at the birds [D] on the telephone line [A] Picking them off with [D] this gun of mine
[G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head [A] Going higher and higher [D] till I'm dead
Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky home
And the young folks are rolling [A] on the floor Oh [D] the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky
[D] home Keep them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
[G] Keep [D] them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
Key:
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A
Bm
Cm
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A
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've turned the [G] corner and I'm doing fine Shooting at the [D] birds on the telephone [A] line
Picking them off [D] with this gun of mine [G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head
[A] Going higher and higher till [D] I'm dead _ Sister Sue is short and stout
She didn't grow [G] up, she grew out Mama says she's [D] plain but she's just being
[A] kind Papa thinks she's [D] dirty but he's almost [G] blind
Don't let her [D] out much except at night [A] But I don't care cause I'm [D] alright
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky home
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door Brother _ Gene is big and mean and he don't
have [G] much to say He had a little [D] woman who he whooped each day
[A] But now she's gone [D] away [G] Got drunk last night, [D] kicked Mama down the
stairs [A] But I'm alright so I [D] don't care
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky [D] home
And the young folks are rolling on the [Cm] floor [D] Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky
home Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door
_ _ _ Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner [G] and I'm doing fine
Shooting at the birds [D] on the telephone line [A] Picking them off with [D] this gun of mine
[G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head [A] Going higher and higher [D] till I'm dead
Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky home
And the young folks are rolling [A] on the floor Oh [D] the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky
[D] home Keep them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
_ [G] Keep [D] them hard times [A] away from [D] my door _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've turned the [G] corner and I'm doing fine Shooting at the [D] birds on the telephone [A] line
Picking them off [D] with this gun of mine [G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head
[A] Going higher and higher till [D] I'm dead _ Sister Sue is short and stout
She didn't grow [G] up, she grew out Mama says she's [D] plain but she's just being
[A] kind Papa thinks she's [D] dirty but he's almost [G] blind
Don't let her [D] out much except at night [A] But I don't care cause I'm [D] alright
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky home
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door Brother _ Gene is big and mean and he don't
have [G] much to say He had a little [D] woman who he whooped each day
[A] But now she's gone [D] away [G] Got drunk last night, [D] kicked Mama down the
stairs [A] But I'm alright so I [D] don't care
Oh the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky [D] home
And the young folks are rolling on the [Cm] floor [D] Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky
home Keep them hard [A] times away [D] from my door
_ _ _ Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner [G] and I'm doing fine
Shooting at the birds [D] on the telephone line [A] Picking them off with [D] this gun of mine
[G] Got a fire in my belly [D] and a fire in my head [A] Going higher and higher [D] till I'm dead
Oh the sun shines bright [G] on my old [D] Kentucky home
And the young folks are rolling [A] on the floor Oh [D] the sun shines bright on [G] my old Kentucky
[D] home Keep them hard times [A] away from [D] my door
_ [G] Keep [D] them hard times [A] away from [D] my door _ _ _ _ _