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Johnny Yuma Theme by Johnny Cash
Johnny Yuma Theme
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
KEy: Bb
For chords in original tune, transpose +1 (and "use flats")
The song is in Bb; I usually use a capo 1st fret and play in A.
The intro is tabbed without capo, though.
Intro (electric guitar)
Bb Bb Bb Bb
e|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----|----------------|--------------3-|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|
D|----|----------------|--------------3-|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|
A|----|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|
E|1-1-|------------1-1-|------------1---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|
This guitar goes on throughout the whole song following the chords but
keeping the basic pattern from the intro with subtle variations here and
there.
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[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
A
He came in like a restless wind
Yuma is the name
He'll be going like the July snow
Following the sun, man
Better watch his gun, man
E
He's gonna be a rebel
A C
Til the Wild West is tamed
[Verse 2]
C
Johnny's slow and easy going
Like a tumbleweed
Had to kill in Albuquerque
But justice is his creed
From Texas to the Black Hills
G
Come and watch for Johnny Yuma
C A
For the wrong will not succeed
[Verse 3]
A
You may find him bedded with
The buffalo at night
Had a gal in Jackson Town
That begged him not to fight but
Ardent soul is in a rut
E
To help to calm a stormy land
A C
And make a few wrongs right
[Verse 4]
C
If you perk the innocent
Keep your back from the door
Sleep with one eye open
Keep a loaded .44, man
Better watch that right hand
G
Johnny Yuma's got his quick
C A
When trouble's at the fore (fade out)
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version 2
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C G7 C G7 C
Away away away rode the rebel Johnny Yuma
[Chorus]
F G7 C
Johnny Yuma was a rebel he roamed through the west
F G7 C
Did Johnny Yuma the rebel he wandered alone
[Verse]
Am Em
He got fightin' mad this rebel lad
Am
He packed no star as he wandered far
F
Where the only law was a hook and a draw
C G7 C
The rebel Johnny Yuma
[Chorus]
F G7 C
Johnny Yuma was a rebel he roamed through the west
F G7 C
Did Johnny Yuma the rebel he wandered alone
[Verse]
Am Em
He searched the land this restless lad
Am
He was a panther quick and leather tough
F
If he figured that he'd been pushed enough
C G7 C
The rebel Johnny Yuma
[Chorus]
F G7 C
Johnny Yuma was a rebel he roamed through the west
F G7 C
Did Johnny Yuma the rebel he wandered alone
[Verse]
Am Em
Fightin' mad this rebel lad
Am
With a dream he'd hold till his dyin' breath
F
He'd search his soul and gamble with death
C G7 C
The rebel Johnny Yuma
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