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Songs Of Our Soil Full Album by Johnny Cash
Songs Of Our Soil Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
# Title
1.) Drink to Me
2.) Five Feet High and Rising
3.) The Man on the Hill
4.) Hank and Joe and Me
5.) Clementine
6.) The Great Speckled Bird
7.) I Want to Go Home
8.) The Caretaker
9.) Old Apache Squaw
10.) Don't Step on Mother's Roses
11.) My Grandfather's Clock
12.) It Could Be You (Instead of Him)
[!] Capo on 1st fret for all songs [!]
1.) "Drink to Me"
[Chorus]
C F
Drink to me, drink to me
C G7
Drink to me, drink to me
C
Drink to me
[Verse 1]
F C G7
A rose, a carnation, the lily and an orchid
C G7 C G7
Make such a pretty bouquet (drink to me, drink to me)
C F C G7
But only the orchid was worthy of you
C G7 C
So I threw all the others away (drink to me, drink to me)
C
Then you took the orchid and you breathed on its petals
Dm G7
And after a day or two
C F C G7
The flower still blooms but the scent's not the orchids
C G7 C
It carries the savor of you
[Chorus]
F
Drink to me, drink to me
C G7
Drink to me, drink to me
C
Drink to me
[Verse 2]
C F C G7
So if you are going to drink to me, drink with your eyes
C G7 C G7
And I will never cry for wine (drink to me, drink to me)
C F C G7
Or leave a kiss in an empty coffee cup
C G7 C
Then pass it from your lips to mine (drink to me, drink to me)
C
Because I've got a thirst burning way down in my soul
Dm G7
And honey from a sugar tree
C F C G7
Is not half as sweet as the air that you breathe
C G7 C
Honey, come here and drink to me
[Chorus]
F
Drink to me, drink to me
C G7
Drink to me, drink to me
N.C.
Drink to me
2.) "Five Feet High and Rising"
[Chorus]
A
How high's the water, Mama?
A
Two feet high and rising
A
How high's the water, Papa?
A
She said it's two feet high and rising
[Verse 1]
A A7
Well, we can make it to the road in a homemade boat
D
'cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float
E7
It's already over all the wheat and the oats
A
Two feet high and rising
C
[Chorus]
C
How high's the water, Mama?
C
Three feet high and rising
C
How high's the water, Papa?
C
She said it's three feet high and rising
[Verse 2]
C C7
Well, the hives are gone, I've lost my bees
F
The chickens are sleeping in the willow trees
G7
Cow's in water up past her knees,
C
Three feet high and rising
D
[Chorus]
D
How high's the water, Mama?
D
Four feet high and rising
D
How high's the water, Papa?
D
She said it's four feet high and rising
[Verse 3]
D D7
Hey, come look through the window pane
G
The bus is coming, gonna take us to the train
A7
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain
D
Four feet high and rising
E
[Chorus]
E
How high's the water, Mama?
E
Five feet high and rising
E
How high's the water, Papa?
E
She said it's five feet high and rising
[Verse 4]
E E7
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
A
We gotta head for higher ground
B7
We can't come back, 'til the water goes down
E
Five feet high and rising
E
Well, it's five feet high and rising
3.) "The Man on the Hill"
[Verse 1]
A
Will we get cold and hungry? Will times be very bad?
A B7 E
When we're needing bread and meat, where we gonna get it, Dad?
A A7 D Dm
We'll get it from the man in the house on the hill
A E A
Yes, we will from the man on the hill
[Verse 2]
A
Plowing time is over, still the fields are bare
A B7 E
How we gonna make a living with twenty acres to share?
A A7 D Dm
I'll beg for more land from the man on the hill
A E A
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
[Verse 3]
A
I ain't got no Sunday shoes that I can wear to town
A B7 E
Papa reckon the boss has got a pair of hand-me-downs
A A7 D Dm
I'll go and ask the man in the house on the hill
A E A
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
[Verse 4]
A
Maybe he will help us, maybe we'll get by
A B7 E
But who's gonna pay the dying bills if we all should die?
A A7 D Dm
We'll leave it to the man in the sky when we die
A E A
Yes, we'll leave it to the man in the sky
4.) "Hank and Joe and Me"
[Intro]
C Am C Am
C G7 C
[Verse 1]
G7
In the desert where we searched for gold
C G7
The days are hot, the nights are cold
C F
Hank and Joe and me walked on
G7 C
So bold and brave and free
G7
For days and days we fought the heat
C G7
I got so thirsty and I got so weak
C F
And when I fell 'cause I couldn’t go
G7 C
I heard Hank say to Joe
[Chorus]
G7 C
"He’s dying (dying, dying) for water
G7 C
Hear him crying (crying, crying) for water
Am
We'll lay him down in the dust and sand"
C Am
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
C Am
Leave him there and let him die
C G7 C
I can’t stand to hear him cry for water"
[Verse 3]
G7
I don’t remember how long I lay
C G7
But when I woke it was the break of day
C F
Buzzards circled miles ahead
G7 C
I knew Hank and Joe were dead
G7
My eyes were dim but I could see
C G7
A bed of gold nuggets under me
C F
Now I know that it won’t be long
G7 C
'til they decorate my bones
[Chorus]
G7 C
'cause I’m dying (dying, dying) for water
G7 C
Can’t help crying (crying, crying) for water
Am
Well, they laid me down in the dust and sand"
C Am
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
C Am
Leave him there and let him die
C G7 C
I can’t stand to hear him cry for water"
G7 C
He couldn’t stand to hear me cry for water
5.) "Clementine"
[Intro]
N.C. G7 C
(Oh my darling Clementine)
[Verse 1]
F C
She knew that Cody was the man she wanted
G7 C
But she had waited nearly all her life
F C
Just one more trip to town to tell the boys goodbye
G7 C
Then he'd be back to take her for his wife
G7 C
(Don't you worry) Clementine
[Verse 2]
F C
Cody saddled up and left his darling
G7 C
Then rode to town to celebrate his plan
F C
He told them this would be his last carousing
G7 C
"I'm gonna settle down, boys, if I can
G7 C
(With my darling) Clementine"
[Verse 3]
F C
Someone said it must have been past midnight
G7 C
When Cody had to face a jealous man
F C
Another story goes that no one really knows
G7 C
But it seems there was a dance-hall girl called Nan
G7 C
(Don't you tell) Clementine
[Verse 4]
F C
We do know that a shot or two was heard from some back room
G7 C
Then there was a silence in the place
F C
Just one more trip to town but all his chips were down
G7 C
They found Cody lying on his face
G7 C
(Softly calling) Clementine
[Verse 5]
F C
So buddies make a monument to lay down at his head
G7 C
Sure you hate to leave your pal behind
F C
Mother, help your daughter put her wedding dress away
G7 C
'cause Cody won't be riding back this time
G7 C
(To his darling) Clementine
6.) "The Great Speckled Bird"
[Intro]
E7 A
[Verse 1]
A7 D
What a beautiful thought I am thinking
E7 A
Concerning the great speckled bird
A7 D
And to know that my name is recorded
E7 A
On the pages of God's Holy Word
A7 D
Desiring to lower her standard
E7 A
They watch every move that she makes
A7 D
They long to find fault with her teachings
E7 A
But really she makes no mistake
[Interlude]
E7 A
[Verse 2]
A7 D
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
E7 A
I am glad that my name is on her book
A7 D
For I want to be one never fearing
E7 A
The face of my Savior to look
A7 D
And when He cometh descending from heaven
E7 A
On a cloud like He said in His Word
A7 D
I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him
E7 A
On the wings of the great speckled bird
7.) "I Want to Go Home"
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
We sailed on the ship John B, my grandfather and me
G7
Around Nassau town we did roam
C F
Drinking all night, got into a fight
C G7 C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Chorus]
C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
C F
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
C G7 C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Verse 2]
C
The first mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk
G7
Constable had to come and take him away
C F
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?
C G7 C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Verse 3]
C
Then the cook, he caught the fits, threw out all of my grits
G7
Then he took and ate up all of my corn
C F
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
C G7 C
Well, this is the worst trip since I have been born
[Chorus]
C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
C F
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
C G7 N.C. C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
8.) "The Caretaker"
[Verse 1]
A E7
I live in the cemetery
D A
Oh, Caretaker, they call me
E7
In the wintertime, I rake the leaves
D A
And in the summer, I cut the weeds
D A
When a funeral comes the people cry and pray
E7 A
They bury their dead then they all go away
D A
But through their grief, I still can see
E7 A
Their hate and greed and jealousy
D A
So here I work and I somehow hide
E7 A
From a world that rushes by outside
D A
And each night when I rest my head
E7 D A
I'm contented as the peaceful dead
[Chorus]
A
But who's gonna cry when old John dies?
E7 D A
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
[Verse 2]
A E7
Once I was a young man
D A
Dashing with the girls
E7
Now no one wants an old man
D A
I lost my handsome curls
D A
But I wanna say when my time comes
E7 A
Lay me facing the rising sun
D A
Put me in a corner where I buried my pop
E7 A
Tell the preacher to pray, then cover me up
D A
Don't lay flowers where my head should be
E7 A
Maybe God will let some grow from me
D A
And all the little children that I loved like my own
E7 D A
Will they be sorry that old John's gone?
[Chorus]
A
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
E7 D A
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
9.) "Old Apache Squaw"
[Intro]
N.C.
[Verse 1]
N.C. G
Old Apache Squaw, how many long lean years you saw?
G
How many bitter winter nights
D G
Shivering in a cold teepee?
D G
Shivering in a cold teepee?
[Verse 2]
G
Old Apache Squaw, how many hungry kids you saw?
G
How many bloody warriors
D G
Running to the sea?
D G
Fleeing to the sea?
[Chorus]
C
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
G
When he made his last stand
C
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
D N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
[Verse 3]
N.C. G
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
G
Have you had misty eyes for years?
D G
Could that mist be tears?
D G
Could that mist be tears?
[Chorus]
C
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
G
When he made his last stand
C
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
D N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
[Verse 4]
G
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
G
You've had misty eyes for years
D G
Could that mist be tears?
D G
Could that mist be tears?
D G
Old Apache Squaw
10.) "Don't Step on Mother's Roses"
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
G
We all were called to come back
D
To the old home on the farm
A7
Mother passed away
D
What a mournful day
D G
And as my daddy watched
D
His eyes were filled with pain and hurt
E7
When someone stepped upon a rose
A7
And crushed it in the dirt
[Chorus]
D G D
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
A7 D
"She planted them the day she was my bride
G D
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7 A7
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
A7 D
The way they did since many years ago
G D
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
E7 A7 D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow"
[Verse 2]
G
Years have passed away
D
And how the old home place has changed
A7
Daddy had to go
D
We all miss him so
G
Children pick the roses
D
As they go along the way
E7
But when their petals are abused
A7
I hear my daddy say
[Chorus]
D G D
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
A7 D
"She planted them the day she was my bride
G D
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7 A7
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
A7 D
The way they did since many years ago
G D
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
E7 A7 D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow"
11.) "My Grandfather's Clock"
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
A7 D G
My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
D A7 D
So it stood ninety years on the floor
A7 D G
It was taller by half than the old man himself
D A7 D
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
G D
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
A7
And was always his treasure and pride
D N.C. A7 N.C. D G
But it stopped... short... never to go again
D A7 D
When the old man died
[Chorus]
D
Ninety years without slumbering
D
His life seconds numbering
D N.C. A7 N.C. D G
It stopped... short... never to go again
D A7 D
When the old man died
[Verse 2]
A7 D G
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
D A7 D
Not a servant so faithful he found
A7 D G
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
D A7 D
At the close of each week to be wound
A7 D
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
A7
And its hands never hung by its side
D N.C. A7 N.C. D G
But it stopped... short... never to go again
D A7 D
When the old man died
E
[Verse 3]
B7 E A
It rang an alarm in the dead of the night
E B7 E
An alarm that for years had been dumb
B7 E A
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
E B7 E
That his hour for departure had come
B7 E
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime
B7
As we silently stood by his side
E N.C. B7 N.C. E A
But it stopped... short... never to go again
E B7 E
When the old man died
[Chorus]
E
Ninety years without slumbering
E
His life seconds numbering
E N.C. B7 N.C. E A
It stopped... short... never to go again
E B7 E
When the old man died
12.) "It Could Be You (Instead of Him)"
[Intro]
A E7 A
[Verse 1]
A A7
If you should meet some lonely soul
D A
Who on this earth can't reach his gold
E7
And he's traveling down a road so dark and dim (dark and dim)
[Chorus]
A A7
Lend a hand, say a prayer
D A
Give a smile that he might share
E7 A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7 A
(But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him)
[Verse 2]
A A7
Befriend each stranger in the night
D A
Help to make his burdens light
E7
Lift up the fallen ones and be a friend (be a friend)
[Chorus]
A A7
Shed a tear, share a sight
D A
Share his fears, don't pass him by
E7 A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7 A
(It could be you instead of him)
A7
Shed a tear, share a sight
D A
Share his fears, don't pass him by
E7 A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7 A
(It could be you instead of him)
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