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At San Quentin Full Album by Johnny Cash
At San Quentin Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
# Title
1.) Wanted Man
2.) Wreck of the Old 97
3.) I Walk the Line
4.) Darlin' Companion
5.) Starkville City Jail
6.) San Quentin
7.) San Quentin (Reprise)
8.) A Boy Named Sue
9.) (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley
10.) Folsom Prison Blues
[!] Capo on 1st fret for all songs, except "Starkville City Jail" (capo on 2nd fret) [!]
E
A E
Johnny Cash!
B7
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three!
E
Carl Perkins! The Carter family!
E
The Statler Brothers! The fabulous Johnny Cash!
A
It's good to be with you.
A
June said she knew there'd be some people from the South here tonight.
A
Because some of you guys get out here in California.
A
The [bleep]ing place is so crazy, you just gotta get something to eat someway, don't ya?
A
That's right, ha ha ha.
A
I'm glad to see you again.
1.) "Wanted Man"
[Intro]
D Em A G D
[Verse 1]
D Em
Wanted man in California, wanted man in Buffalo
A G D
Wanted man in Kansas City, wanted man in Ohio
D Em
Wanted man in Mississippi, wanted man in old Cheyenne
A G D
Wherever you might look tonight, you might see this wanted man
[Verse 2]
D Em
I might be in Colorado, or Georgia by the sea,
A G D
Working for some man who may not know at all who I might be
D Em
If you ever see me coming and if you know who I am
A G D
Don't you breathe it to nobody 'cause you know I'm on the lam
[Verse 3]
D Em
Wanted man by Lucy Watson, wanted man by Jeannie Brown
A G D
Wanted man by Nellie Johnson, wanted man in this Tex town
D Em
Well, I've had all that I wanted of a lot of things I've had
A G D
And a lot more than I needed of some things that turned out bad
D Em A G D
Da da da...
D Em A G D
[Verse 4]
D Em
I got sidetracked in El Paso, stopped to get myself a map
A G D
Went the wrong way into Juarez with Juanita on my lap
D
Then I went to... ha ha
D Em
Then I went to sleep in Shreveport, woke up in Abilene
A G D
Wondering why the hell I'm wanted at some town half way between
[Verse 5]
D Em
Wanted man in Albuquerque, wanted man in Syracuse
A G D
Wanted man in Tallahassee, wanted man in Baton Rouge
D Em
There's somebody set to grab me anywhere that I might be
A G D
And wherever you might look tonight, you might get a glimpse of me
[Outro Verse]
D Em
Wanted man in California, wanted man in Buffalo
A G D
Wanted man in Kansas City, wanted man in Ohio
D Em
Wanted man in Mississippi, wanted man in old Cheyenne...
A D
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Thank you very much.
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2.) "Wreck of the Old 97"
[Intro]
A E A
[Verse 1]
A D
Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
A E
Said "Steve, you're way behind time
A D
This is not 38, this is Old 97
A E A
Put her into Spencer on time
A D
Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman
A E
"Shovel on a little more coal
A D
And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
A E A
Watch Old 97 roll"
[Solo]
A D A E
A D A E A
Woo woo!
[Verse 2]
A D
And then a telegram come from Washington station
A E
This is how it read,
A D
"Well, that brave engineer that run Old 97
A E A
He's lyin' in ol' Danville dead
A D
'cause he was goin' down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour
A E
The whistle broke into a scream
A D
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
A E A
Scalded to death by the steam", one more time!
[Solo]
A D A E
Woo! Woo woo!
A D A E A
[Verse 3]
A D
So now, all you ladies you better take a warnin'
A E
From this time on and learn
A D
Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband
A E A
He may leave you and never return
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I want to thank you. Yeah, it's good to see you.
You know, we've been on tour for about a week now, after our last recording session.
And... they say old Johnny Cash works good under pressure.
Put the screws on me and I'mma screw right out from under you, that's what I'm gonna do though.
You know that? Tired of all that [bleep]. Yeah. Alright!
I tell you what, the show is being recorded and televised for... England.
And uh... they said, they told me, they said uh...
They said, uh, "You gotta do this song, you gotta do that song."
You know, "You gotta stand like this or act like this."
I just don't get it, man, you know? I'm here...
I'm here to do what you want me to and what I wanna do, right? OK? Yeah.
So, what do you wanna hear?
Alright, alright, "I Walk the Line"!
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3.) "I Walk the Line"
[Intro]
A D A E B7 E
[Verse 1]
B7 E
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
B7 E
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
A E
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
B7 E
Because you're mine, I walk the line
A
[Verse 2]
E7 A
I find it very, very easy to be true
E7 A
I find myself alone when each day is through
D A
Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
E7 A
Because you're mine, I walk the line
D
[Verse 3]
A7 D
As sure as night is dark and day is light
A7 D
I keep you on my mind both day and night
G D
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
A7 D
Because you're mine, I walk the line
A
[Verse 4]
E7 A
You've got a way to keep me on your side
E7 A
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
D A
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
E7 A
Because you're mine, I walk the line
E
[Verse 5]
B7 E
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
B7 E
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
A E
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
B7 E
Because you're mine, I walk the line
E
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C
What's that? Hey, what are you guys drinking in those tall purple glasses?
C
What is that rotting guts something? Tea?
C
Hey, a little bit later on in the show,
C
I'mma do ya a brand new song that I wrote yesterday called "San Quentin".
I'd like to ask my wife, June Carter, to come back. Come here, June!
Hey, I wonder... I wonder, can we get Carl Perkins out to help us with this tune, too?
You know, I've been singing this song,
Our version of a John Sebastian song, "Darlin' Companion".
4.) "Darlin' Companion"
[Intro]
A D7
[Chorus]
C
Darlin’ companion
G
Come on and give me understandin'
D7
And let me be your champion
G
A hand to hold your pretty hand in
C
Darlin’ companion
G
Now you know you'll never be abandoned
D7
Love will always light our landin'
G
I can depend on you
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Oh, a little saucy mare like you should have a steed
D
Oh, a little bridlin' down from you is what I need
[Chorus]
C
Darlin’ companion
G
Now you know you'll never be abandoned
D7
Love will always light our landin'
G
I can depend on you
[Bridge]
A D7
[Chorus]
C
Darlin’ companion
G
Come on and give me understandin'
D7
As long as we keep laughin'
G
Bear in mind, just what could happen
C
Darlin' companion
G
I tell the mountains and the canyons
D7
Long as I got legs to stand on
G
I'm gonna stick by you
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Oh, a little saucy mare like you should have a steed
D
Oh, a little bridlin' down from you is what I need
[Chorus]
C
Darlin' companion
G
I tell the mountains and the canyons
D7
Long as I got legs to stand on
G
I'm gonna stick by you
C
Darlin' companion
G
I tell the mountains and the canyons
D7
Long as I got legs to stand on
G
I'm gonna stick by you
G6
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Thank you very much. I have to set down for... OK, we'll...
We'll do that for you, just a minute. Thank you.
I thought my guitar was outta tune there at first.
You sorry son-of-a... It is out of tune.
Is that right? Terry, is that right?
Well, you tune the [bleep]. Terry...
Got all kinds of songs, here's one called "A Boy Named Sue".
You wanna hear that one? You wanna hear "The Boy Named Sue"?
I do too, I'm anxious to hear it.
I don't know how it's gonna sound, I'm anxious to hear it.
Does that block your camera view right there, is that alright?
You want me to leave it there? Just gonna put it there then. Put it right...
Where is my guitar? Oh, here it is.
We're sorry to say that, uh, Luther passed away seven months ago.
After being with us for 13 years, Luther Perkins. And, um...
How about one big cheer for Luther Perkins?
Yeah, I had a song called "San Quentin" that I was gonna do. Where's my...
Hey, in my... kid, back in there where I got all my dope, I mean, where I got all my things.
There's a... hahaha, there's a... there's a little red notebook back there
Will somebody... would one of the guards bring it to me? Somebody bring it to me
Bring me the red notebook, and I will, uh...
Hey, that... that briefcase back there of mine,
You know, that's got all the songs I stole in it? Yeah, huh... alright.
Wrote a song yesterday, I tried, it takes a lot of imagination sometimes to write a song.
And to really, really put something into it where somebody else can understand it and feel it.
But we've been in several prisons, San Quentin and Folsom Prison
And the Starkville, Mississippi Jail. And uh...
You wouldn't believe it, one night I got in jail in Starkville, Mississippi for picking flowers.
I was walking down the street, I may sing that one for you a little bit later on.
I was walking down the street, what? 'scuse me, I couldn't hear you, I was talking.
I was walking down the street, and uh... you know, going to get me some cigarettes or something.
About 2 o'clock in the morning after a show, I think it was.
Anyway, I reached down and picked a dandelion here and a daisy there as I went along and...
This car pulls up, says, "Get in here, boy. What are you doing?"
Said, "I was just picking flowers." You know?
36 dollars for picking flowers and a night in jail. You can't hardly win, can ya?
No telling what they'd do if you'd pull an apple or something.
Well, I would like to do this song on behalf of all you guys here in San Quentin
To kinda get back at whoever you want to out there.
In my case, I'd like to get back at the fella down in Starkville, Mississippi
Who still has my 36 dollars.
5.) "Starkville City Jail"
[!] Capo on 2nd fret [!]
[Verse 1]
G
Well, I left my motel room, down at the Starkville Motel,
G
The town had gone to sleep and I was feelin' fairly well
C
I strolled along the sidewalk 'neath the sweet magnolia trees
G
I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, swayin' in the southern breeze
D
I found myself surrounded; one policeman said, "That's him.
C
Come along, wild flowerchild, don't you know that it's two a.m.?"
[Chorus]
D
They're bound to get you
C
'cause they got a curfew
D G
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
[Verse 2]
G
Well, they threw me in the car and started driving into town
G
I said, "What the hell did I do?" and he said, "Shut up and sit down."
C
Well, they emptied out my pockets, took my pills and guitar picks
G
I said, "Wait, my name is..." "Aw, shut up." Well, I sure was in a fix
D
The sergeant put me in a cell, then he went home for the night
C
I said, "Come back here, you so-and-so, I ain't bein' treated right."
[Chorus]
D
Well, they're bound to get you
C
'cause they got a curfew
D G
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
[Verse 3]
G
I started pacin' back and forth, and now and then I'd yell
G
And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel door of my cell
C
I'd walk awhile and kick awhile, and all night nobody came
G
Then I sadly remembered they didn't even take my name
D
At 8 a.m., they let me out, I said, "Gimme them things of mine!"
C
They give me a sneer and a guitar pick and a yeller dandelion
[Chorus]
D
They're bound to get you
C
'cause they got a curfew
D G
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
D G
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
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And I was thinking about you guys yesterday, and I'd been here three times before.
And... I think I understand a little bit how you feel about some things
It's none of my business how you feel about some other things
And I don't give a damn how you feel about some of the things, but anyway...
I tried to put myself in your place, and I believe this is the way
That I would feel about San Quentin.
6.) "San Quentin"
[Intro]
A E A
A E A
[Verse 1]
E A
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
D A
You've blistered me since 1963
D A
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen 'em die
E A
And long ago I stopped askin' why
E A
San Quentin, I hate every inch of you
D A
You've cut me and you scarred me through and through
D A
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man
E A
Mister Congressman, you can't understand
[Guitar Solo]
A E A
A E A
D A
A E A
[Verse 2]
E A
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
D A
Do you think I'll be different when you're through?
D A
You bend my heart and mind and you warp my soul
E A
Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold
E A
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell
E
May your walls fall and may I live to tell
A D
May all the world forget you ever stood
A E A
And may all the world regret you did no good
[Outro]
E A
San Quentin, I hate every inch of you
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Thank you very much. One more time? Alright. Alright.
Hey, before we do it though, if uh... if any of the guards are still speaking to me,
Could I have a glass of water?
Here it is again, "San Quentin", just for you.
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7.) "San Quentin (Reprise)"
[Intro]
A E A
A E A
[Verse 1]
E A
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
D A
You've galled at me since 1963
D A
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen 'em die
E A
And long ago I stopped askin' why
E A
San Quentin, I hate every inch of you
D A
You've cut me and you've scarred me through and through
D A
And I'll walk out a wiser, weaker man
E A
Mister Congressman, why can't you understand?
[Guitar Solo]
A E A
A E A
D A
A E A
[Verse 2]
E A
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
D A
Do you think that I'll be different when you're through?
D A
You bend my heart and mind and you warp my soul
E A
Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold
E A
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell
D A
May your walls fall and may I live to tell
D A
May all the world forget you ever stood
E A
And the whole world will regret you did no good
[Outro]
E A
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
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Thank you. Alright, we'll do it again after awhile.
Before we go tonight, we'll probably do it again.
I got- I kinda like it myself now.
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8.) "A Boy Named Sue"
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
Well, my daddy left home when I was three
D7
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
E A
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
A
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
D7
But the meanest thing that he ever did
E A
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue"
[Verse 2]
A
Well, he must've thought that was quite a joke
D7
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folks
E A
It seems I had to fight my whole life through
A
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
D7
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
E A
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue"
[Verse 3]
A
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
D7
My fists got hard and my wits got keen,
E A
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame
A
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
D7
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
E A
And kill that man who give me that awful name
[Verse 4]
A
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
D7
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
E A
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
A
At an old saloon on a street of mud
D7
There at a table, dealing stud
E A
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue"
[Verse 5]
A
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
D7
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
E A
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
A
He was big and bent and gray and old,
D7
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
E A
And I said, "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do?! Now you gonna die!!"
A
Yeah, that's what I told him
[Verse 6]
A
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
D7
And he went down, but to my surprise
E A
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear
A
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
D7
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
E A
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer
[Verse 7]
A
I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
D7
But I really can't remember when,
E A
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
A
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
D7
And he went for his gun and I pulled mine first
E A
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile
[Verse 8]
A
And he said, "Son, this world is rough
D7
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
E A
And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along
A
So I give you that name and I said goodbye
D7
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
E A
And it's that name that helped to make you strong", yeah
[Verse 9]
A
He said, "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
D7
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
E A
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do
A
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
D7
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
E A
'cause I'm the [bleep] that named you "Sue"
D7
Yeah, what could I do? What could I do?
[Verse 10]
E
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
A
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son
E
And I came away with a different point of view
A
And I think about him, now and then,
D7
Every time I try and every time I win,
E N.C.
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him...
A
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
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Alright, thank you very much.
Just before we ask the Statler Brothers to come back out,
We'd like to ask the Carter family and Carl to help us on a fine spiritual
That we got a lot of requests to do, "Peace in the Valley".
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9.) "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley"
[Intro]
A E7 A D A
[Verse 1]
A A7 D A
Well, I'm tired and so weary but I must go alone
E E7
'til the Lord comes and calls, calls me away, oh yes
A A7 D A
And the morning's so bright and the lamb is the light
E7 A D A
And the night, night is as black as the sea, oh yes
[Chorus]
A7 D A
There will be peace in the valley for me some day
E E7
There will be peace in the valley for me, dear Lord I pray
A D Dm
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see
G E7 A D A
There will be peace in the valley for me
[Verse 2]
A A7 D A
Well, the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame
E E7
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes
A A7 D A
And the beast from the wild will be led by a child
E7 A D A
And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes
[Chorus]
A7 D A
There will be peace in the valley for me some day
E E7
There will be peace in the valley for me, dear Lord I pray
A D Dm
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see
A E7 A
There will be peace in the valley for me
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We want to thank the officials of San Quentin. All the guards here for helping us out.
The warden, and everyone of ya. Appreciate it. [crowd boos]
Aw, you don't really mean that, now.
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10.) "Folsom Prison Blues"
[Intro]
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[Spoken Verse]
E
I want to thank you for being so good to us.
E
I'd like to say a special hello to all the men here at the prison that are not with us tonight.
E
That they couldn't find a key to the door or something.
E
They couldn't let a bunch of 'em out here.
E
I wish every one of you could've been out here with us. All you guys...
E
Understand they're piping the show into your cells or somewhere
E
That uh, supposed to be listening, maybe.
E
It's not closed circuit television that you have in here, is it? No...
E
Anyway, hello to all you fellas that can't see the show tonight.
E
We wish you could all've been here.
E
We have had a ball, have we not?
[Outro Verse]
E
Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
E7
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
A E
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
B7 E
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
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