Chords for Johnny Cash - The Chicken in Black (Official Video)
Tempo:
94.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Bb
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D] .
[E] [A] .
[E] [A] For two long years, my head hurt bad, [D] so the doctor checked me and he shook his head.
[E] He said, I'm sorry to tell you, but your body's [A] outlived your brain.
.
[E] He [A] said, I know this doctor in New York, son, [D] and he'll fix you right up with a brand new one.
[E] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off [A] of the train.
.
[E] [A] He said, we had this bank robber killed last [D] night, his body shot, but his brain's all [E] right.
I'll give you a transplant, boy, and you'll [A] be OK.
.
[E] I [A] got my new brain in and I was feeling [D] great.
I went right back to Nashville with no headache.
[E] But something strange happened when I walked in the [A] bank one day.
I [D] said, stick them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [A] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar [D] case.
Don't nobody move and don't nobody [E] reach for that door.
[Bm] [A] A lady said, why, you're Johnny [D] Cash.
I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [E] Flash and I am the best bank robber [A] in New York.
[E] [A] Now, the other night, Roy Acuff [D] called me.
He said, John, I'd like for you to do the operate.
So [E] I went out on the stage, [A] but I couldn't sing.
[E] [A] I got into half a verse if I walked the [D] line and something snapped in this head of mine.
I yell, [E] stick them up.
Give me your money, your [A] watches and rings.
[Bb] Well, I call New York and talk to that brain [Eb] quack.
I said, Doc, I've got to have my old brain [F] back.
He said, I'm sorry there, Mr.
[Bb] Cash, but I can't do that.
[F] [Dm] He [Bb] said, I put your brain in a chicken last [Eb] Monday.
He's singing your songs and making lots of money.
[F] And I got him signed to a 10 year recording [Bb] contract.
[F] [Bb] Now, friends, if you see me walking down the street, [Eb] remember what you see ain't necessarily me.
[F] And if I try to hold you up, don't [Bb] pay me no mind.
[F] But when [Bb] you got 10 bucks that you can blow, [Eb] you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
[F] He's doing fairs and concert dates [Bb] all up and down the line.
I said, stick [Eb] them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [Bb] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar case.
Don't [Eb] nobody move and don't nobody reach for that [F] door.
[A] [Bb] A lady said, why, you're Johnny Cash.
[Eb] I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [F] Flash and I am the best bank robber [Bb] in New York.
[A] [F] .
Well, I don't pay any income tax.
You don't pay tax on money you steal.
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
.
Chicken in black.
Chicken in black.
.
[E] [A] .
[E] [A] For two long years, my head hurt bad, [D] so the doctor checked me and he shook his head.
[E] He said, I'm sorry to tell you, but your body's [A] outlived your brain.
.
[E] He [A] said, I know this doctor in New York, son, [D] and he'll fix you right up with a brand new one.
[E] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off [A] of the train.
.
[E] [A] He said, we had this bank robber killed last [D] night, his body shot, but his brain's all [E] right.
I'll give you a transplant, boy, and you'll [A] be OK.
.
[E] I [A] got my new brain in and I was feeling [D] great.
I went right back to Nashville with no headache.
[E] But something strange happened when I walked in the [A] bank one day.
I [D] said, stick them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [A] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar [D] case.
Don't nobody move and don't nobody [E] reach for that door.
[Bm] [A] A lady said, why, you're Johnny [D] Cash.
I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [E] Flash and I am the best bank robber [A] in New York.
[E] [A] Now, the other night, Roy Acuff [D] called me.
He said, John, I'd like for you to do the operate.
So [E] I went out on the stage, [A] but I couldn't sing.
[E] [A] I got into half a verse if I walked the [D] line and something snapped in this head of mine.
I yell, [E] stick them up.
Give me your money, your [A] watches and rings.
[Bb] Well, I call New York and talk to that brain [Eb] quack.
I said, Doc, I've got to have my old brain [F] back.
He said, I'm sorry there, Mr.
[Bb] Cash, but I can't do that.
[F] [Dm] He [Bb] said, I put your brain in a chicken last [Eb] Monday.
He's singing your songs and making lots of money.
[F] And I got him signed to a 10 year recording [Bb] contract.
[F] [Bb] Now, friends, if you see me walking down the street, [Eb] remember what you see ain't necessarily me.
[F] And if I try to hold you up, don't [Bb] pay me no mind.
[F] But when [Bb] you got 10 bucks that you can blow, [Eb] you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
[F] He's doing fairs and concert dates [Bb] all up and down the line.
I said, stick [Eb] them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [Bb] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar case.
Don't [Eb] nobody move and don't nobody reach for that [F] door.
[A] [Bb] A lady said, why, you're Johnny Cash.
[Eb] I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [F] Flash and I am the best bank robber [Bb] in New York.
[A] [F] .
Well, I don't pay any income tax.
You don't pay tax on money you steal.
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
.
Chicken in black.
Chicken in black.
.
Key:
A
E
Bb
D
F
A
E
Bb
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[E] _ [A] For two long years, my head hurt bad, [D] so the doctor checked me and he shook his head.
[E] He said, I'm sorry to tell you, but your body's [A] outlived your brain.
_ .
[E] He [A] said, I know this doctor in New York, son, [D] and he'll fix you right up with a brand new one.
[E] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off [A] of the train.
_ .
[E] _ [A] He said, we had this bank robber killed last [D] night, his body shot, but his brain's all [E] right.
I'll give you a transplant, boy, and you'll [A] be OK.
_ .
[E] I [A] got my new brain in and I was feeling [D] great.
I went right back to Nashville with no headache.
[E] But something strange happened when I walked in the [A] bank one day.
I [D] said, stick them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [A] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar [D] case.
Don't nobody move and don't nobody [E] reach for that door.
_ [Bm] [A] A lady said, why, you're Johnny [D] Cash.
I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [E] Flash and I am the best bank robber [A] in New York.
_ [E] [A] Now, the other night, Roy Acuff [D] called me.
He said, John, I'd like for you to do the operate.
So [E] I went out on the stage, [A] but I couldn't sing.
_ [E] [A] I got into half a verse if I walked the [D] line and something snapped in this head of mine.
I yell, [E] stick them up.
Give me your money, your [A] watches and rings.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Well, I call New York and talk to that brain [Eb] quack.
I said, Doc, I've got to have my old brain [F] back.
He said, I'm sorry there, Mr.
[Bb] Cash, but I can't do that.
_ [F] [Dm] He [Bb] said, I put your brain in a chicken last [Eb] Monday.
He's singing your songs and making lots of money.
[F] And I got him signed to a 10 year recording [Bb] contract.
[F] _ [Bb] Now, friends, if you see me walking down the street, [Eb] remember what you see ain't necessarily me.
[F] And if I try to hold you up, don't [Bb] pay me no mind.
[F] _ But when [Bb] you got 10 bucks that you can blow, [Eb] you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
[F] He's doing fairs and concert dates [Bb] all up and down the line.
I said, stick [Eb] them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [Bb] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar case.
Don't [Eb] nobody move and don't nobody reach for that [F] door.
_ [A] [Bb] A lady said, why, you're Johnny Cash.
[Eb] I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [F] Flash and I am the best bank robber [Bb] in New York.
_ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ .
Well, I don't pay any income tax.
You don't pay tax on money you steal.
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
_ .
Chicken in black.
Chicken in black.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[E] _ [A] For two long years, my head hurt bad, [D] so the doctor checked me and he shook his head.
[E] He said, I'm sorry to tell you, but your body's [A] outlived your brain.
_ .
[E] He [A] said, I know this doctor in New York, son, [D] and he'll fix you right up with a brand new one.
[E] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off [A] of the train.
_ .
[E] _ [A] He said, we had this bank robber killed last [D] night, his body shot, but his brain's all [E] right.
I'll give you a transplant, boy, and you'll [A] be OK.
_ .
[E] I [A] got my new brain in and I was feeling [D] great.
I went right back to Nashville with no headache.
[E] But something strange happened when I walked in the [A] bank one day.
I [D] said, stick them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [A] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar [D] case.
Don't nobody move and don't nobody [E] reach for that door.
_ [Bm] [A] A lady said, why, you're Johnny [D] Cash.
I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [E] Flash and I am the best bank robber [A] in New York.
_ [E] [A] Now, the other night, Roy Acuff [D] called me.
He said, John, I'd like for you to do the operate.
So [E] I went out on the stage, [A] but I couldn't sing.
_ [E] [A] I got into half a verse if I walked the [D] line and something snapped in this head of mine.
I yell, [E] stick them up.
Give me your money, your [A] watches and rings.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Well, I call New York and talk to that brain [Eb] quack.
I said, Doc, I've got to have my old brain [F] back.
He said, I'm sorry there, Mr.
[Bb] Cash, but I can't do that.
_ [F] [Dm] He [Bb] said, I put your brain in a chicken last [Eb] Monday.
He's singing your songs and making lots of money.
[F] And I got him signed to a 10 year recording [Bb] contract.
[F] _ [Bb] Now, friends, if you see me walking down the street, [Eb] remember what you see ain't necessarily me.
[F] And if I try to hold you up, don't [Bb] pay me no mind.
[F] _ But when [Bb] you got 10 bucks that you can blow, [Eb] you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
[F] He's doing fairs and concert dates [Bb] all up and down the line.
I said, stick [Eb] them up, everybody.
I'm robbing this [Bb] place.
Drop all of your money in my guitar case.
Don't [Eb] nobody move and don't nobody reach for that [F] door.
_ [A] [Bb] A lady said, why, you're Johnny Cash.
[Eb] I said, no, ma'am, I'm the Manhattan [F] Flash and I am the best bank robber [Bb] in New York.
_ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ .
Well, I don't pay any income tax.
You don't pay tax on money you steal.
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show.
_ .
Chicken in black.
Chicken in black.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .