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Silver Full Album by Johnny Cash
Silver Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
# Title
1.) The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
2.) Lonesome to the Bone
3.) Bull Rider
4.) I'll Say It's True (with George Jones)
5.) (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
6.) Cocaine Blues
7.) Muddy Waters
8.) West Canterbury Subdivision Blues
9.) Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues
10.) I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
1.) "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore"
[Intro]
G F# F Em
[Verse 1]
D Em
When I was a curly headed baby
D Em
My daddy sat me down upon his knee
D Em
He said, "Boy, you go to school and learn your letters
B7 Em
Don't you be a dirty miner like me."
[Chorus]
D Em
I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow
D Em
Coal cars rambled past my door
D Em
Now they standing in a rusty row, all empty
B7 Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore
G F# F Em
[Verse 2]
D Em
I used to think my daddy was a black man
D Em
With script enough to buy the company store
D Em
Now he goes downtown with empty pockets
B7 Em
And his face is white as a February snow
[Chorus]
D Em
I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow
D Em
Coal cars rambled past my door
D Em
Now they standing in a rusty row, all empty
B7 Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore
[Violin Solo]
Em D Em
Em D Em
Em D Em
B7 Em
G F# F Em
G F# F Em
[Verse 3]
D Em
Last night I dreamed I went down to the coal yard
D Em
To draw my pay like I always did before
D Em
But them old kudzu vines were coming through the window
B7 Em
And leaves and grass were growing through the floor
[Chorus]
D Em
I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow
D Em
Coal cars rambled past my door
D Em
Now they standing in a rusty row, all empty
B7 Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore
G F# F Em
[Outro]
Em
2.) "Lonesome to the Bone"
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
On the park bench I slept on, raindrops are falling on
Am D
The newspapers covering me
C G
I hear early morning motors
C Am D
And I know the world is waking for the dawn
C
But my mind's down a dark alley
G Em
Somewhere where last night you loved me
C G C G
And in the early morning chill, my arms remember still
C G D G
But I'm dropping like a stone, lonesome to the bone
[Chorus]
C G Em
The sun is roughly rising on the roofs of Stagger Town
C D G
The time for sweating poison out is just now coming round
C G C
That high flying last night is over with and gone
G D G
Leaving me lonesome to the bone
[Bridge]
C G C
G D G
[Verse 2]
G
I walked the way the wind blows, but any way the wind goes
Am D
Be good enough for me
C G
My mind is like that traffic jam
C Am D
And I walk between the cars, lost and alone
C
Your hot breath and your laughter
G Em
Keep flashing through my mind to warm me
C G C G
But the naked light of day soon makes it fade away
C G D G
And I'm going down alone, lonesome to the bone
[Chorus]
C G Em
The sun is roughly rising on the roofs of Stagger Town
C D G
The time for sweating poison out is just now coming round
C G C
That high flying last night is over with and gone
G D G
Leaving me lonesome to the bone
3.) "Bull Rider"
[Intro]
C G C A
G Cadd9 G
G Cadd9 G
[Verse 1]
C
Well, first you got to want to get off
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Bad enough to wanna get on him in the first place
C
And you better trust in your lady luck
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Pray to God that she don't give up on you right now
[Chorus]
C G C A
Live fast, die young, bull rider
G Cadd9 G
G Cadd9 G
[Verse 2]
C
One hand hold is all you got
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
To pit you and the bull against the clock and a course crowd
C
And once upon a spinning ton
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Nothing else you've ever done can pull this way
C
You're just outside the bucking chute
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
You lose a spur and you lose your seat and you lose yourself
C
By now he's bucking mean and dirty
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Slinging mud and cowboy boots and kicking clowns
[Chorus]
C G C A
No fools, no fun, bull rider
G Cadd9 G
G Cadd9 G
[Bridge]
D
You've got to feel the way he's moving, you've got to watch his head
C
And brace yourself for anything that'll render you might dead
D
You know the art of hanging loose, hanging just as tight
C D
Well it's something like a hurricane who's dancing with a kite
[Bridge]
C G C A
G Cadd9 G
G Cadd9 G
[Verse 3]
C
Well, the rodeo is more than rough
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
It's a fact of life, it's tough to cut and it's beaver hats
C
It's drinking beer and pulling trailers
C G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Tight lemae on barrel racers and a horse bucking
[Chorus]
C G C A G Cadd9 G
No rides, no pay, bull rider
C G C A G Cadd9 G
Live fast, die young bull rider
C G C A G Cadd9 G
Bull rider
[Outro]
C G C A G Cadd9 G
C G C A G Cadd9 G
4.) "I'll Say It's True (with George Jones)"
[Intro]
B7 E
[Verse 1]
E
I've never been in prison
A
I don't know much about trains
E
My favorite singer cooks my breakfast
F# B7
I like her fancy and I like her plain
E
I love bright and flashing colors
A
Like hot pink and Dresden blue
[Chorus 1]
E A E
But if they ask me if it's true
B7
That I still love you
E
I'll say it's true
[Verse 2]
E
I'd be happy in a mansion
A
Or in an old rundown shotgun shack
E
I like the feel of silk and satin
F# B7
So, I don't know why I wear black
E
I love New York City
A
Bet your cowgirl boots I do
[Chorus 1]
E A E
But if they ask me if it's true
B7
That I still love you
E
I'll say it's true
[Chorus 2]
A B7
I'll say it's true
E
So, don't let it bother you
A E
Just let them old tales all stay twisted
F# B7
I will set them straight about you
[Verse 3]
E
I have not been in the army
A
I'm an Indian, from years ago
E
When they ask if I know Waylon
F# B7
I tell 'em, "I think so"
E
I do not plan on retiring
A
From anything I do
[Chorus 1]
E A E
But if they ask me if it's true
B7
That I still love you
E
I'll say it's true
[Chorus 2]
A B7
I'll say it's true
E
So, don't let it bother you
A E
Just let them old tales all stay twisted
F# B7
I will set them straight on you
[Verse 4]
E
I got plans to keep right on singing
A
And I do know Emmylou
[Chorus]
E A E
But if they ask me if it's true
B7
That I still love you
E
I'll say it's true
5.) "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am C
An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Am
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
Am
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
F Dm Am
Plowing through the ragged skies and up the cloudy draw
[Verse 2]
Am C
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Am
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
Am
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
F Dm Am
For he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry
[Chorus]
C
Yippie-yi-ohh
Am
Yippie-yi-aie
F Am
Ghost riders in the sky
[Bridge]
Am C
Am
Am
F Dm Am
[Verse 3]
Am C
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
Am
He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet
Am
'cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
F Dm Am
On horses snorting fire, as they ride on, hear their cry
[Verse 4]
Am C
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
Am
"If you want to save your soul from Hell, a-riding on our range
Am
Then cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride
F Dm Am
Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies"
[Chorus]
C
Yippie-yi-ohh
Am
Yippie-yi-aie
F Am
Ghost Riders in the sky
F Am
Ghost Riders in the sky
F Am
Ghost Riders in the sky
[Outro]
Am
6.) "Cocaine Blues"
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
Early one morning while making the rounds
E
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
E
Went right home and I went to bed
A E A
I stuck that loving .44 beneath my head
[Verse 2]
A
Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
E
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
E
Made a good run but I run too slow
A E A
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
[Verse 3]
A
Late in the hot joints takin' the pill,
E
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
E
He said, "Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
A
You're the dirty hop that shot your woman down"
A
[Verse 4]
A
Said, "Yes, sir, my name is Willie Lee
E
If you've got a warrant just read it to me
E
Shot her down because she made me sore
A E A
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more"
[Verse 5]
A
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
E
They put me on a train and it took me back
E
I had no friends for to go my bail
A
They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail
A
[Guitar Solo]
A E A E A
A E A
[Verse 6]
A
Got up next morning about a half past nine
E
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
E
Hopped and he coughed as he cleared his throat
A
He said, "Come on you dirty hop into that district court"
A
[Verse 7]
A
Into the courtroom, my trial began
E
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
E
Just before the jury started out
A E A
I saw that little judge commence to look about
[Verse 8]
A
In about five minutes, in walked a man
E
Holding the verdict in his right hand
E
The verdict read in the first degree
A
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me"
A
[Verse 9]
A
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
E
99 years in the Folsom pen
E
99 years underneath that ground
A E A
I can't forget the day I shot my woman down
[Outro Verse]
D A
Come on, you hops, and listen unto me
B7 E A
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
7.) "Muddy Waters"
[!] Capo on 3rd fret [!]
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am E7 Am
Mary, grab the baby, river's rising
C D E7
Muddy water taking back the land
Am E7 Am
Old frame house, she can't take one more beating
E7 Am
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
E7 Am
Well, the morning light showed water in the valley
C D E7
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Am E7 Am
Things to save, you just can't take 'em with you
E7 Am
The flood will swallow all you leave behind
[Chorus]
C G
Won't be back to start all over
C E7
'cause what I've felt before is gone
Am E7 Am
Mary, take the child, the river's rising
C E7 Am
Muddy water taking back my home
[Interlude]
Am E7 Am
C D E7
Am E7 Am
E7 Am
[Verse 2]
Am E7 Am
The road is gone, there's just one way to leave here
C D E7
Turn my back on what I've left below
Am E7 Am
Shifting lands, broken farms around me
E7 Am
Muddy water's changin' all I know
[Chorus]
C G
Hard to say just what I'm losing
C E7
Ain't never felt so all alone
Am E7 Am
Mary, take the child, the river's rising
C E7 Am
Muddy water taking back my home
[Violin Solo]
Am E7 Am
C D E7
Am E7 Am
E7 Am
[Chorus]
C G
Won't be back to start all over
C E7
'cause what I've felt before is gone
Am E7 Am
Mary, take the child, the river's rising
C E7 Am
Muddy water taking back my home
E7 Am
That muddy water taking back my home
C E7 Am
Muddy water’s taking back my home
E7 Am
Muddy water taking back my home
8.) "West Canterbury Subdivision Blues"
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
D A
I built her a castle of perma-stone
G A
But I should have reigned more with her
D A
Too often I left my queen alone
G A
And that was no way to leave her
D A
I rode out in quest of song and wine
G A
And that was no way to treat her
D A
I kept her hangin' like grapes on the vine
G A
And that was no way to keep her
[Chorus]
E B7 E
Reds Goodguy rode by on his milk white steed
B7 E
And casually mentioned my misdeeds
B7 E
He promised her love far greater than mine
A B7 E
Thus pulled out and plucked my grapes from the vine
[Interlude]
A D A
G A
A D A
G A
[Verse 2]
D A
I built her a castle with a patio
G A
But I seldom cooked out upon it
D A
I bought her a TV with stereo
G A
But I never listened much to it
D A
Now I have a castle but the queen's not home
G A
And that is no way to have her
D A
I have the vine but the grapes are gone
G A
And that's no way to run a vineyard
[Chorus]
E B7 E
Reds Goodguy rode by on his milk white steed
B7 E
And casually mentioned my misdeeds
B7 E
He promised her love far greater than mine
A B7 E
Thus pulled out and plucked my grapes from the vine
[Interlude]
A D A
G A
A D A
G A
[Outro]
E B7 E
B7 E
B7 E
9.) "Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues"
[Intro]
E B7 E
[Verse 1]
E B7 E
Lately I've been leanin' toward the blues
E
The lazy loafing good-for-nothing no count knock around
E
Ain't been worth a honky dime since country come to town
A
I'll tell you boys, this waitin' up for something's
E
Got me down to nothin' left to lose
B7 E
And lately I've been leaning toward the blues
[Chorus]
B7 E
I said lately I've been leaning toward the blues
A E
I've been leaning lately toward the blues
B7 E
I've done held on 'til I can't turn loose
[Interlude]
E B7 E
A C7 E
B7 E
[Verse 2]
E
Everything is everything and everybody knows
E
We can't get nowhere by stepping on each other's toes
A
And when it comes to cutting corners, baby
E
Anyway you get here is just fine
B7 E
'cause lately we've been doing double time
[Chorus]
B7 A
And lately I've been leaning toward the blues
A E
I've been leaning lately toward the blues
B7 E
Done more soul in my old holy shoes
[Outro]
B7 E
I said lately I've been leaning toward the blues
E B7 E
A C7 E
B7 E
10.) "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar"
[Intro]
C F C G C
[Verse 1]
G C
I'm going to sit on the porch and pick on my old guitar
F C
I'm going to lay on my back and laugh at my lucky star
F C
And then I'm going to fly away and never come back someday
D G
Unless I thought I was going to land right close to where you are
C G C
Well, if I thought anybody really cared I'd send back word
F C
Strapped to the leg of a trans-celestial bird
F C
I wonder if I really ever did leave, how many would there be to grieve
D G
How would they react to the word
[Interlude]
C F C G
C F C G C
C F C G
C F C G C
[Verse 2]
G C
Well, I wouldn't want to hurt a solitary soul
F C
I have still got all 6 foot 2 in control
F C
But when my obligation's low is a greasy uphill road
D G
And pleasing everybody but me is my first goal
C G C
I want to sit on my porch and pick on my old guitar
F C
And just hope you're hanging loose wherever you are
F C
And for the joy you brought to me, this song I sung for thee
G C
While I sit on my porch and pick on my old guitar
[Outro]
C F C G
C F C G C
C F C G
C F C G C
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