Willie Nelson

Missing Ol Johnny Cash

Willie Nelson


Tom: Gm

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Now Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
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Seemed to know just what to do
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Invented the sound that hooked you and me
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Added one to make the Tennessee Three
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The Man In Black was long and lean
        D
Hit the Billboard charts with a Teenage Queen
      A
Had a television show, the best we'd seen
     E
That chick-a-boom rock really made a splash
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Missing ol' Johnny Cash

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Well Johnny Cash was a friend of mine
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Knew him well for a mighty long time
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Shared the stage for many a show
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Broke my heart to see him go
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Cash had the fire of a thousand men
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Lovin life was his greatest sin
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Treated his fans like the next of kin
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Rappin a bit, talkin trash
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Missing ol' Johnny Cash

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Well now Johnny Cash wore black attire
       D#
And he fell into that Ring of Fire
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He came up swinging like a Boy Named Sue
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And he married June Carter and he (?)fires too(?)
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He wrote his songs from deep within
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And he hit the stage with a crooked grin
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He and I were both Highwaymen
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And that record became a smash
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Well I'm missing ol' Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash never walked no line
E
Johnny Cash never did no time, but
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When he sang a Folsom Prison Blues
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You knew good and well he'd paid his dues
B
True, he always dressed in black
       E
But he loved folks and they loved him back
B
Carried his pills in a brown paper sack
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Well I don't care if they found his stash
                       B
I'm missin' old Johnny Cash

SPOKEN, ALL IN A
Now is it really true that him and Roy Nichols, Rose Maddox, some people roasted hot dogs in the back of a 
limousine with ice cream sticks? I don't know, I said they set the curtains on fire in a English hotel room 
just to warm their hands. Well. Willie, do you know anything about Cash?

Well yeah, I know a lot of things about Cash. I'm not sure I should talk about it, but I checked with John, 
asked him if it's OK, he said he didn't give a shit. 
One time he took a casket up to his hotel room and got into it and called room service. 
I thought that was pretty funny

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Now Cash had the fire of a thousand men
D
Lovin life was his greatest sin
A
Treated his fans like the next of kin
E
Rappin a bit, talkin trash
                   A
Missing ol' Johnny Cash