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The Ballad Of Barbara by Johnny Cash
The Ballad Of Barbara
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[intro]
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[verse]
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In a southern town where I was born
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That's where I got my education
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I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods
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And I wondered at creation
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I recall the sun in a sky of blue
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And the smell of green things growin'
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And I lived everyday and I lived anyway
A E A
Anyway the wind was blowin'
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But then I heard of a cultured city life
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Breath-takin' lofty steeples
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And the day I called myself a man
A E A
I left my land and my people
[verse 2]
D
And I rambled North and I rambled East
D A D
And I tested and I tasted
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And a girl or two took me round and round
D A D
But always left me wasted
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In a world that saw concrete and steel
D A D
With nothin' green ever growin'
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Where the buildings hide the rising sun
D A D
And stop the free wind from blowin'
D
Where they sleep all day and they wake all night
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To a world of drink and laughter
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I met that girl that I thought would be
D A D
The one that I was after
[verse 3]
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In a soft blue gown and a formal tux
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Beneath that lofty steeple
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He said do you Barbra take this man
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Will you be one of his people
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And she said I will and she said I do
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And the world looked mighty pretty
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And we lived in a fancy downtown flat
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Cause she loved the noisy city
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Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky
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And I longed for green things growin'
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And I talked of home and my people there
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But she'd not agree to goin'
[verse 4]
E
Then her hazel eyes turned away from me
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With a look that wasn't very pretty
E
And she turned into concrete and steel
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And she said I take the city
[verse 5]
A
Now the cars go by on the interstate
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And my pack is on my shoulder
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And I'm goin' home where I belong
A E A
Much wiser now and older
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