Roughneck Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
81.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] But I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town.
Papa was a driller on a Wildcat crew [F#] and my mama never was [B] around.
[E] I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three.
And by the time I was five there was no kid [B] alive could ever [E] best of me.
[B] [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this [E]
hard.
Labor.
[A]
[C#m] [E]
[B] [E]
Well, I started workin' like a regular man when I was just about knee high.
Skin and the knuckles on my two bare [F#] hands, but they never [B] heard me cry.
[E] I remember walkin' down the road and hearin' somebody say,
[E] He was born to live a ruthneck's life [B] and he's never gonna change [E] his ways.
[A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] Labor.
Born to be a ruthneck, I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay [B] in pipe this hard.
[E]
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] But I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town.
Papa was a driller on a Wildcat crew [F#] and my mama never was [B] around.
[E] I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three.
And by the time I was five there was no kid [B] alive could ever [E] best of me.
[B] [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this [E]
hard.
Labor.
[A]
[C#m] [E]
[B] [E]
Well, I started workin' like a regular man when I was just about knee high.
Skin and the knuckles on my two bare [F#] hands, but they never [B] heard me cry.
[E] I remember walkin' down the road and hearin' somebody say,
[E] He was born to live a ruthneck's life [B] and he's never gonna change [E] his ways.
[A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] Labor.
Born to be a ruthneck, I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay [B] in pipe this hard.
[E]
Key:
E
B
A
F#
C#m
E
B
A
_ _ [A] _ Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] _ _ _ _ But I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town.
Papa was a driller on a Wildcat crew [F#] and my mama never was [B] around.
[E] I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three.
And by the time I was five there was no kid [B] alive could ever [E] best of me. _
[B] _ [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this [E]
hard.
Labor.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Well, I started workin' like a regular man when I was just about knee high.
Skin and the knuckles on my two bare [F#] hands, but they never [B] heard me cry.
[E] I remember walkin' down the road and hearin' somebody say,
[E] He was born to live a ruthneck's life [B] and he's never gonna change [E] his ways.
_ _ [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] Labor. _ _ _
Born to be a ruthneck, I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay [B] in pipe this hard.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] _ _ _ _ But I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town.
Papa was a driller on a Wildcat crew [F#] and my mama never was [B] around.
[E] I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three.
And by the time I was five there was no kid [B] alive could ever [E] best of me. _
[B] _ [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this [E]
hard.
Labor.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Well, I started workin' like a regular man when I was just about knee high.
Skin and the knuckles on my two bare [F#] hands, but they never [B] heard me cry.
[E] I remember walkin' down the road and hearin' somebody say,
[E] He was born to live a ruthneck's life [B] and he's never gonna change [E] his ways.
_ _ [A] Born to be a ruthneck, [E] I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay in [B] pipe this hard.
[E] Labor. _ _ _
Born to be a ruthneck, I'll never amount to nothin'.
Well, in case you lay [B] in pipe this hard.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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