Chords for Tommy Cash - My Brother Johnny Cash

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_ _ _ _ A poor boy born in [F] Arkansas to Ray and Carrie Cash,
[C] Of seven kids a strapping lad with cotton [G] farmer hands,
[F] Small [G] towns couldn't hold him, [C] he was destined [Am] to grow fast.
_ [C] When J.R. joined the service, [G] the world met [C] Johnny Cash, _
_ _ _ _ A lanky man with an old [F] guitar hit Memphis, Tennessee,
[C] With two musicians by his [Dm] side, some records [G] soon would see,
[F] They had got this [G] train to glory, [C] not a straight or [Am] easy path,
_ [F] Both good and bad bestowed the [G] life of rebel [C] Johnny Cash, _
_ [F] Sane a [G] sinner, a man of [C] God, a friend to [Am] all he knew,
[Dm] _ [G] Evangelists and hypocrites, [C] the poor and convicts too,
_ _ _ [F] A man of [D] honor, a man of [C] worth, a man of [Am] black, not black.
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Father, son and husband, [G] legend [C] Johnny Cash, _
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_ _ _ _ Too much success can rob a soul [F] of caring and desire,
[C] At times depression took him low [Dm] when pills couldn't take [G] him higher,
[C] But God gave [G] him the will to live [C] and a soulmate [Am] throughout life,
_ [F] And the night we lost June Carter, [G] my brother [C] lost his wife, _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] A higher plane awaits us all, [G] the highway men call home,
[D] God has his way of bringing back [Em] his children to [A] the fold,
[G] Time takes its toll [A] on every soul, [D] all futures lead [Bm] to pass,
_ [G] And the day we lost my brother, [A] the world lost [D] Johnny Cash, _
[G] Sane a sinner, [A] a man of God, [D] a friend to all [Bm] he knew,
_ Evangelists [A] and hypocrites, [D] the poor and convicts too,
_ _ _ _ A man of honor, [A] a man of worth, [D] a man of black, not [Bm] black.
_ _ [D] Father, son and husband, my [A] brother Johnny Cash, _
Father, son and husband, my [A] brother Johnny [D] Cash.
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