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The Johnny Cash Childrens Full Album by Johnny Cash
The Johnny Cash Childrens Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
# Title
1.) Nasty Dan
2.) One and One Makes Two
3.) I Got a Boy and His Name Is John
4.) Little Magic Glasses
5.) Miss Tara
6.) Dinosaur Song
7.) Tiger Whitehead
8.) Call of the Wild
9.) Little Green Fountain
10.) Old Shep
11.) (The) Timber Man
[!] Capo on 1st fret for all songs except "Tiger Whitehead" [!]
1.) "Nasty Dan"
[Intro]
E
[Verse 1]
E A
Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew
B7 E
He'd stomp and scream and be real mean the whole day through
A
He'd frown a bunch, he ate nails for lunch and he'd never laugh
B7 E
He'd growl and yell and I heard tell that he never took a bath
[Chorus]
A7 E
Nasty Dan was a nasty man
B7 E
Hard to understand, that Nasty Dan
[Verse 2]
E A
Now Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long
B7 E
He'd go where he could and he'd try real good to make things go wrong
A
He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip and fall
B7 E
And the only words that he ever said were, "I don't like you at all."
[Chorus]
A7 E
Nasty Dan was a nasty man
B7 E
Hard to understand, that Nasty Dan
[Bridge]
E
Now, a real interesting thing that I want you to know about is this here
E
because it's the most important thing. It concerns a girl, and things like that.
[Verse 3]
E A
Now, Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl that met Dan somehow
B7 E
She said, "You're like me, rotten as can be. Let's get married now."
A
So they went and they did and had a nasty kid and I must confess
B7
That Dan pretty much leaves everyone alone now and he doesn't bother anybody anymore
B7
'cause he just, uh, lives in his, uh, nasty ol' house with his nasty ol' wife
B7 E
And his nasty ol' kid in nasty happiness
[Chorus]
A7 E
Nasty Dan, he's a nasty man
B7 E
Hard to understand, that Nasty Dan
2.) "One and One Makes Two"
[Intro]
A7 D
[Verse 1]
D G
Oh, the number one is not my favorite number
A7 D
'cause one means only me and there's no you
G
But one plus one, you see, makes two; that's you and me
A7 D
And it's more fun when one and one make two
[Chorus]
G D
Oh yes, one and one makes two, at least I'm pretty sure they do
A7 D
Oh yes, it's true, one and one make two (now let me show you what I mean)
[Verse 2]
G
Now you say you want to play upon a seesaw
A7 D
You're all alone and you don't know what to do
G
Well, just go and find a friend and sit him on the other end
A7 D
You'll have more fun when one and one make two
[Chorus]
G D
Oh yes, one and one makes two, at least I'm pretty sure they do
A7 D
Oh yes, it's true, one and one make two
[Verse 3]
G
Now you say you want to play a game of baseball
A7 D
And you look around and there's no one but you
G
Well, just find someone you know and he will catch the ball you throw
A7 D
You'll have more fun when one and one make two
[Chorus]
G D
Oh yes, one and one make two, at least I'm pretty sure they do
A7 D
Oh yes, it's true, one and one make two
D
(Now, there's the best reason of all that I like the number two right here)
[Verse 4]
G
Now everyone needs somebody to share with
A7 D
To love and help and care for through and through
G
And there's no one that I've known who can share or love alone
A7 D
It's a lot nicer when one and one make two
[Chorus]
G D
Oh yes, one and one makes two, at least I'm pretty sure they do
A7 D
Oh yes, it's true, one and one make two
A7 D
I said it's true, one and one make two
A7 D
One and one
3.) "I Got a Boy and His Name Is John" (with June Carter Cash)
[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
C
I got a boy and his name is John
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy goes
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy knows
C
We got a boy and his name is John
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy goes
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy knows
[Verse]
C
He's got a friend and her name is Kay
G7 C
And Kay goes with him every day
F
Gonna take Kay along
C G7 C
Gonna teach Kay this song
C
He's got a friend and his name is George
G7 C
But he's not the one from Valley Forge
F
And he's never been President
C G7 C
That ain't the George we meant
C
He's got a friend and his name is Gibbs (it's- it's a dog)
G7 C
Gibbs- (I know, but he's his friend) (Yeah, but it's a dog) (I know, but it's his friend) (OK)
F C
He's got a friend and his name is Gibbs
G7 C
Gibbs is so fat you can't see his ribs
F
A dog named Sergeant too, he's his friend
C G7 C
Watch out, he might bite you
[Chorus]
C
I got a boy and his name is John
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy goes (and his mommy)
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy (and his mommy) knows
C
I got a boy and his name is John
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy goes (mommy goes)
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy knows
[Interlude]
C
(OK, he can go with both of us. You can go with me and he can go with us.)
C
(That'll be nice.) (OK, baby) (Together)
[Chorus]
C
I got a boy and his name is John
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy and his mommy goes
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy and mommy knows (ha ha ha)
C
I got a boy and his name is John (just as long as he goes)
G7 C
You oughta see little John tag along
F
Going where his daddy and mommy knows
C G7 C
Learning what his daddy and mommy knows
4.) "Little Magic Glasses"
[Verse 1]
N.C. A E A
I wish I had a pair of little magic glasses
E A A7
That I could see the future just by looking through
D A
Then I could know what road tomorrow's gonna take me down
E
And I could see if I'll be walking down that road with you
[Verse 2]
A E A
I would keep my little magic glasses hidden
E A A7
I would let nobody else see what I see
D A
And everyone would want to know how I can know what lies ahead
E A A7
And they'll wonder when I say, "Tomorrow, I see you with me."
[Bridge]
D G D
But if I see into the future that I'm on the road alone
G E
And where the way was sunny now there's only rain
[Verse 3]
A D A
I'll put them in a box and seal it with a lock
A E A
And I'll never take my little magic glasses out again
A D A
I will put them in a box and seal it with a lock
A E A
And I'll never take my little magic glasses out again
[Outro]
A D A
Hmm, mmm mmm-mmm mmm mmm, hmm mmm mmm-mmm mmm mmm
A E A
And I'll never take my little magic glasses out again
A E A
Hmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm mmm-mmm-mmm, hmm mmm mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm
5.) "Miss Tara"
[Intro]
A D E A
[Verse 1]
A D E
Where are you going, Miss Tara, Miss Tara?
A D E E7
Where are you going, Miss Tara Joan?
A D
Yesterday, when you played on the swing and the trampoline
A E E7
You're already thinking of a life of your own
E E7 A
And I turn around twice and you're already gone
[Verse 2]
A D E
Who will you marry, Miss Tara, Miss Tara?
A D E E7
Who will you marry, Miss Tara Joan?
A D
Will he have wealth and will he have fame?
A E E7
I'm sure too you're wondering just who he will be
E E7 A
Well, that's your decision, it's not up to me
[Verse 3]
A D E
I hope you'll be happy, Miss Tara, Miss Tara
A D E E7
I hope you'll be happy, Miss Tara Joan
A D
And that you will stay with me 'til you're a woman
A E E7
And wise to the world before you're off on your own
E E7 A
You're my last baby girl and I'll be so alone
6.) "Dinosaur Song"
[Intro]
D G A7 D
[Verse 1]
D G
Dinosaurs lived a long time ago
A7 D
They were terrible lizards, don't you know?
G
Some ate plants and some ate meat
A7 D
Some ate fish and some ate beets
[Verse 2]
D G
One was called a Diplodocus
A7 D
One was bigger than your school bus
G
One was called a Triceratops
A7 D
Three horns to stop anything that hops
[Verse 3]
D G
Now can't you just see yourself walking along
A7 D
Leading your pet Trachodon
G
Or feeding your Brontosaurus Rex
A7 D
Or scratching your Diplodocus' neck
G
Or riding on a Stegosaurus' back
A7 D
Or swimming in Brachiosaurus' track?
G
Oh, what a time and oh, what fun
A7 D
Playing tag with your Iguanodon
[Outro]
D G
And if we had, uh, dinosaurs now
A7 D
Could they get along with a horse and a cow?
G
Well, I wish they hadn't have become extinct
A7
Dinosaurs would be nice pets and friends to have around to run outside and play with every day
D G A7 D
Don't you think?
7.) "Tiger Whitehead"
[!] Capo on 2nd fret [!]
[Chorus]
C G G7
Wild blackberries blooming in the thickets on the mountain
C G G7
Sheepshire and watercress are growing 'round the fountain
C G Em
Where a big black bear is drinking, lapping water like a dog
A7 D D7
Tiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleeping like a log
C G7 C
But tomorrow, he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide
G D G
And by sundown, he'll be bringing in the hide
[Verse 1]
C G C
Pretty Sally Garland coming down the mountainside
G D7 G D7
Where Tiger Whitehead's trying to nap a mill, at the mill
G C G C
She sits down on a bearskin and she says, “You'll be my man
G D7 G
I'll have me the best bear hunter in these hills.”
C G C
A wild child was Tiger Whitehead and they say he killed
G D7 G D7
Ninety-nine bears before he went to rest, went to rest
G C G C
Once he left two bear cubs orphaned but he brought 'em right on home
G D7 G G7
And Sally nursed the two bear cubs upon her breast
[Chorus]
C G G7
Wild blackberries blooming in the thickets on the mountain
C G G7
Sheepshire and watercress are growing 'round the fountain
C G Em
Where a big black bear is drinking, lapping water like a dog
A7 D D7
Tiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleeping like a log
C G7 C
But tomorrow, he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide
G D G
And by sundown, he'll be bringing in the hide
[Verse 2]
G C G C
Tiger now is eighty-five and he laid upon his bed
G D7 G D7
And the bears he killed now numbered ninety-nine, ninety-nine
G C G C
Some fellers trapped a bear, but Tiger said, “Just let him go
G D7 G
If he ain't running wild, he won't be mine.”
[Bridge]
Em
But at night when the wind howls
C G
'cross the hills of eastern Tennessee
Em
And when the lightning flashes
A D
There's a strange thing the people say they see
G C G C
An old grey-headed ghost running through the mountains there
G D7 G G7
It's Tiger Whitehead after his one hundredth bear
[Chorus]
C G G7
Wild blackberries blooming in the thickets on the mountain
C G G7
Sheepshire and watercress are growing 'round the fountain
C G Em
Where a big black bear is drinking, lapping water like a dog
A7 D D7
Tiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleeping like a log
C G7 C
But tomorrow, he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide
G D G
And by sundown, he'll be bringing in the hide
8.) "Call of the Wild"
[Intro]
G
Bayou, bayou, bayou, bayou
[Verse 1]
G
Now here's a little tale about a flock of geese
C
Looking for a home and looking for peace
D7
But before they're safely in the southern sand
C D G
They gotta watch out for that critter called man
G
There's a goose and a gander and their gosling child
D7 G
Heading on south at the call of the wild
[Chorus]
D7
Honk and holler as we go
C G
Gonna see the Gulf of Mexico
D7
Way up high, don't fly low
C D G
The long toms will get you from the old bayou
[Verse 2]
G
Well, the wind from the north, it chills you to the bone
G
And the call of the wild is calling me, "Come home"
C
I'll lead my band of geese a merry trip
G
We'll navigate that mighty Mississip'
[Chorus]
D7
Honk and holler as we go
C G
Gonna see the Gulf of Mexico
D7
Way up high, don't fly low
C D G
The long toms will get you from the old bayou
[Bridge]
G
Bayou
G
Bayou
G C
Bayou
C G
Bayou
G
Bayou
[Chorus]
D7
Honk and holler as we go
C G
Gonna see the Gulf of Mexico
D7
Way up high, don't fly low
C D G
The long toms will get you from the old bayou
G
Bayou
[Verse 3]
G
My pappy led this band of twenty-three
G
And the second-in-command included me
C
He made one fatal slip and he flew too low
G
The long tom's got him from the old bayou
[Chorus]
D7
Honk and holler as we go
C G
Gonna see the Gulf of Mexico
D7
Way up high, don't fly low
C D G
The long toms will get you from the old bayou
[Outro]
G
Bayou
G
Bayou
G
Bayou
C
9.) "Little Green Fountain"
[Chorus]
N.C. D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
[Verse 1]
D
Oh, the water is cool and the water is blue
A D
A drink for me and a drink for you
D
Yes, the water is cool and the water is blue
A D
A drink for me and a drink for you
[Chorus]
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
[Verse 2]
D
Oh, the water is cool and the water is deep
A D
Take off our shoes and cool our feet
D
Yes, the water is cool and the water is deep
A D
Take off our shoes and cool our feet
[Chorus]
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
[Verse 3]
D
Come along with me to the pasture now
A D
We'll watch the wind blow on the cows
D
Come along with me to the pasture now
A D
We'll watch the wind blow on the cows
[Chorus]
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
D
There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
A D
Don't you think we ought to stop and get a drink of water
10.) "Old Shep"
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G E A A7
When I was a lad and Old Shep was a pup
D7 G
Over hills and meadows we'd play
E A A7
Just a boy and his dog, we were both full of fun
D7 G
We grew up together that way
[Chorus]
C G
I remember the time at the old swimming hole
D7
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
G E A A7
But Old Shep was right there, to the rescue he came
D7 G
He jumped in and helped pull me out
[Verse 3]
G E A A7
Now the years, they roll by, and Old Shep, he grew old
D D7 G
His eyesight, at last, it grew dim
E A A7
Then one day the doctor looked at him and said
D7 G
"I can do no more for him, Jim"
[Verse 4]
C G
With a hand that was trembling, I picked up my gun
D7
And I aimed it at Shep's faithful head
G E A A7
But I just couldn't do it, I wanted to run
D7 G
I wish they would shoot me instead
[Verse 5]
C G
Now Old Shep has gone where the good doggies go
D7
And no more on this earth will he roam
G E A A7
But if dogs have a heaven, there's one thing I know
D7 G
Old Shep has a wonderful home
11.) "(The) Timber Man"
[Spoken Intro]
E A
Many many years ago when this land was young,
E B7
A lot of our country was covered by big, tall, beautiful trees.
E A
And men had to have the trees to make wood to build houses,
B7 E A
Make furniture with, to make boats, even to make paper with.
B7 E
So as more and more people came, more wood was needed,
B7
So more and more trees were cut down.
E
And the man that lived in the forest and cut down the trees was called the timber man.
[Intro]
E
[Verse 1]
E A
Well, my world is green and dark and damp
E B7 E
My home is in the logging camp
A
All week, I cut down the mighty trees
E B7 E
Saturday, I get to do as I please
B7
I give the man more than his hire
A E
And he'll never know it, if I tire
B7
Show me the toughest tree around
A E
The timber man will bring it down
[Chorus]
A E
Swing it hard, cut it clean
B7 E
No halfway or in-between
A E
Move when the axe is in my hand
B7 E
Make way for the timber man
[Spoken Bridge]
E
Yeah, he was a mighty big tough man usually,
E
That timber man that lived in that forest and cut down those big trees.
[Verse 2]
E A
Well, they say there's sawdust in my brain,
E B7 E
And don't get caught out in the rain
A
I got stump water in my blood
E B7 E
The sweat from my brow turns the ground to mud
B7
When the men don't know how to fell a tree
A E
The one they'll come and ask is me
B7
I'll mark my spot and I'll take my stand
A E
The tree's gonna fall for the timber man
[Chorus]
A E
Swing it hard, cut it clean
B7 E
No halfway or in-between
A E
Move when the axe is in my hand
B7 E
Make way for the timber man
[Spoken Outro]
E
And when they're cutting on a tree and it's just about ready to fall,
E
The man yells out...
E
"Timber!"
E
"Timber!"
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