Crazy Old Soldier chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

C majorC
I've had fame and fortune,
            FF
Women come knock on my door.
   G+G
I've lived to the limit,
            C majorC
And maybe a little bit more.

There are so many stories,
            FF
Of how I got out of control.
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Some say it's a women,
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Some say it's my troubled soul.

      FF
I'm like a crazy old soldier,
          C majorC
Fightin a war on my own.
   G+G
Just me and the whiskey,
                 C majorC
And the bottles are ten-thousand strong.
FF
You'd think I'd give up,
              C majorC
As many times as I've been hit.
      G+G
But like a crazy old soldier,
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I just don't know when to quit.


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Barrooms and bedrooms,
               FF
are just faces and places and names.
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One's for the pleasure,
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And lord knows what's for the pain.

I've tried to forget her,
                 FF
And all of the things that we've done.
    G+G
But as long as there's memories,
           C majorC
I'll never hang up my gun.

Sing Chorus
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Like a crazy old soldier,
             C majorC