Chords for Johnny Cash - These Men With Broken Hearts

One of my very favorite people and closest friend is Johnny Cash.
When I was nearly killed in Missoula, Montana and woke up a few days later,
Johnny Cash was standing there by the bed.
I never forgot that.
When we started talking about this show, John not only said
he'd like to do it, but he wanted to do something special.
A few days ago he
called and told me to meet him at the old Ryman Auditorium
here in Nashville, the original Grand Ole Opry.
He said he had a surprise for me.
Instead [D] of telling you about it, [G] we're going to show it to you.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You'll meet many just like [D] me, upon [G] life's busy street,
_ _ _ _ _ with shoulders stooped [C] and heads bowed down
[G]
and eyes that stare into fear.
_ _ Our souls that live within the past,
_ _ [C] where sorrow plays all parts, _ _ [G] where a living death is
[D] all that's left [G] for men with broken hearts. _ _ _
You have no right to be [D] the judge or criticize [G]
and condemn.
_ _ _ _ Just think, but for the grace [C] of God, _ [G] it could be you instead of him.
_ _ One careless step, a thoughtless deed, _ [C]
and then the misery starts.
_ _ [G] And for those who weep, _ [D] death comes cheap [G] to these men with broken hearts. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, so [D] humble you should be _ [G] when they come passing by, _ _ _ _
for it's written that the [C] greatest men _ [G] never get too big to cry. _ _ _ _
Some lose faith
in love and life _ [C] when sorrow shoots her darts.
_ _ But [G] with hope all gone, [D] they walk alone, [G] these men with broken hearts. _ _ _
You've never walked in that [D] man's shoes, _ [G] never seen things through his eyes,
_ _ _ or stood and watched with [C] helpless hands while a [G] heart inside you dies. _ _ _ _
Some were paupers, _ some were kings, _ [C]
some were masters of the art.
_ _ _ [G]
But in their shame, they're [D] all the same, _ [G] these men with broken hearts. _ _ _ _
Life sometimes [D] can be so cruel [G] that a heart will pray for death.
_ _ _ Oh God, why must [C] these living dead [G] know pain with every breath? _ _ _ _
Just help your brother along the road, _ _ [C]
no matter where you start.
_ _ _ [G]
For the God that made you [D] _ made them too, [G]
these men with broken [C] hearts. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Here's my friend Bo Severs, Hank Williams Jr.
How _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about [B] it?
_ Thank you very much. _ _ _ _
Thank you [N] folks.
You know, you're one of my heroes.
Oh, bless your heart, thank you, I appreciate that.
I don't love many men, but I love you.
Oh, bless your heart, thank you, Hank.
When I lay in the hospital in pretty bad shape, I knocked my white little brains out on the mountainside.
When I woke up, there was one fellow there that I knew real well, Johnny Cash, standing by the bedside.
And that was several thousand miles from where we are now.
We don't forget those kind of things, thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You know, talking about gospel songs, and the thing that just did, these men with broken hearts, it's a great thing your daddy wrote.
Yeah, a lot of people don't realize that Luke the Drifter, and how many gospel songs he had.
I _ think the percentage was probably even greater than mine, that I've recorded over the years.
He did more gospel things than gospel songs that are still sung.
I hope someday to have a classic like I Saw the Light.
Oh, you've got plenty of classics.
Well, thank you very much.
But, _ I loved your daddy's work.
I never saw Hank Williams in my whole life, you know.
From _ _ 1950 through 54, I was in the Air Force.
Most of that time, I was in Germany.
But I was singing Hank Williams songs, they were playing them on the radio, you know, over AFN.
What was one of the big numbers?
Collage.