Chords for Tommy Cash - My Brother Johnny Cash

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A poor boy born in Arkansas [F] to Ray and Carrie Cash,
[C] Of seven kids a strappin' lad [Dm] with cotton [G] farmer hands.
[F] Small towns [G] couldn't hold him, [C] he was destined to [Am] grow fast.
_ [C] When J.R. joined the service, [G] the world met [C] Johnny Cash, _ _ _ _ _
A lanky man with an old guitar [F] hit Memphis, Tennessee,
[C] With two musicians by his side, [Dm] some records soon [G] would see.
[F] They had got this train [G] to glory, [C] not a straight or [Am] easy path.
_ [F] Both good and bad bestowed the life [G] of rebel [C] Johnny Cash.
_ [F] Sane a sinner, [G] a man of God, [C] a friend to all [Am] he knew.
_ [Dm] Evangelists [G] and hypocrites, [C] the poor and convicts too. _ _ _ _
A man of [D] honor, a man of [C] worth, a man of black, [Am] not black. _
_ [C] 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.
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At times depression took him low [Dm] when pills couldn't take [G] him higher.
[F] But God gave him [G] the will to live [C] and a soulmate throughout [Am] life.
_ [F] And the night we lost June Carter, [G] my brother lost [C] his wife. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[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 past.
And [G] the day we lost my brother, the [A] world lost [D] Johnny Cash.
_ [G] Sane a sinner, [A] a man of God, [D] a friend to all [Bm] he knew.
_ [Em] 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 [D] Cash.
_ Father, son, and husband, my [A] brother Johnny [D] _ Cash. _ _ _
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