Johnny Cash, The Man Comes Around (2002)
Key: :[F#] (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:
[F#] 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
[/F#] reach-
[/F]-ing
[/D#] [D#m] down
[B] When the
[C#] man comes a-
[F#]-round
VERSE 2:
[F#] 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
[/F#] pott-
[/F]-er's
[/D#] [D#m] ground
[B] When the
[C#] man comes a-
[F#]-round
CHORUS:
[F#] Hear the trumpets hear the pipers, one hundred million angels singing
[F#] Multitudes are marching to the
[B] big
[F#] kettle-
[C#]-drum
[C#] Voices calling and voices crying, some are born and some are dying
[C#] Its alpha and omega's
[C#] king-
[/D#]-dom
[/F] come
[/F#]
And the
[B] whirlwind is in
[F#] the thorn tree
BRIDGE 1:
[F#] The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The
[B] whirlwind is in the thorn
[F#] tree
[F#] It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
[F#] Till Armageddon no shalam no shalom
VERSE 3:
[F#] 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
[/F#] gold-
[/F]-en
[/D#] [D#m] crowns
[B] When the
[C#] man comes a-
[F#]-round
VERSE 4:
[F#] 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
[/F#] writt-
[/F]-en
[/D#] [D#m] down
[B] When the
[C#] man comes a-
[F#]-round
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BRIDGE 2:
[F#] The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The
[B] whirlwind is in the thorn
[F#] tree
[F#] It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
In measured hundred weight and
[/F#] penn-
[/F]-y
[/D#] [D#m] pound
[B] When the
[C#] man comes a-
[F#]-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.
