Johnny Cash, The Man Comes Around (2002)
Key: :[C#] (w: Johnny Cash)
INTRO:
[N.C.] And I heard as it were the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw
And behold a white horse
VERSE 1:
[C#] There's a man going around taking names
And he decides who to free and who to blame
Everybody won't be treated all the same
There will be a golden ladder
[/C#] reach-
[/C]-ing
[/A#] [A#m] down
[F#] When the
[G#] man comes a-
[C#]-round
VERSE 2:
[C#] The hairs on your arm will stand up
At the terror in each sip and each sup
Will you partake of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the
[/C#] pott-
[/C]-er's
[/A#] [A#m] ground
[F#] When the
[G#] man comes a-
[C#]-round
CHORUS:
[C#] Hear the trumpets hear the pipers, one hundred million angels singing
[C#] Multitudes are marching to the
[F#] big
[C#] kettle-
[G#]-drum
[G#] Voices calling and voices crying, some are born and some are dying
[G#] Its alpha and omega's
[G#] king-
[/A#]-dom
[/C] come
[/C#]
And the
[F#] whirlwind is in
[C#] the thorn tree
BRIDGE 1:
[C#] The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The
[F#] whirlwind is in the thorn
[C#] tree
[C#] It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
[C#] Till Armageddon no shalam no shalom
VERSE 3:
[C#] Then the father hen will call his chickens home
The wise man will bow down before the throne
And at his feet they will cast the
[/C#] gold-
[/C]-en
[/A#] [A#m] crowns
[F#] When the
[G#] man comes a-
[C#]-round
VERSE 4:
[C#] Whoever is unjust let him be unjust to
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous to
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
Listen to the words long
[/C#] writt-
[/C]-en
[/A#] [A#m] down
[F#] When the
[G#] man comes a-
[C#]-round
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BRIDGE 2:
[C#] The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The
[F#] whirlwind is in the thorn
[C#] tree
[C#] It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
In measured hundred weight and
[/C#] penn-
[/C]-y
[/A#] [A#m] pound
[F#] When the
[G#] man comes a-
[C#]-round
OUTRO:
[N.C.] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked and behold, a pale horse
And it's name it said on him was Death
And Hell followed with him.
