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