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