Ring Of Fire tab by Johnny Cash

Tabs

CHORDS:
G+G =320033
C majorC =x32010
D7=xx0212

Basic Strum Pattern:
  Q  Q  e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2----2----2--2--2--2----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
  d  d  d u d u

Mariachi Intro Riff (just for fun):
  Q   Q   Q    Q   e  e  e  Q   Q   Q   W    W
e|-7-----8-----9----|-10----10--10----10--10----12-----8--|-10-----|(10)---|
BB|-8----10----11----|-12----12--12----12--12----13----10--|-12-----|(12)---|
G+G|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
D MajorD|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
A augmentedA|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
E MajorE|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|

Q  e e   e Q   Q  Q   W          W
e|-7----7--7-----7--7-----8----5----|-7-----------------|(7)---------------|
BB|-8----8--8-----8--8----10----7----|-8-----------------|(8)---------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|

Intro:
  G+G            C majorC       G+G
  Q  Q  e e e e  Q  Q    Q  Q  e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----0----0----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
BB|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G+G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D MajorD|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A augmentedA|-2----2----2--2--2--2----3----3----||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E MajorE|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||

G+G            D7D7      G+G
  Q  Q  e e e e  Q  Q    Q  Q  e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----2----2----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
BB|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G+G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D MajorD|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A augmentedA|-2----2----2--2--2--2--------------||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E MajorE|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||

VERSE:
G+G     C majorC    G+G   C majorC G+G         D7D7  G+G  D7D7 G+G
Love is a burning thing    and it makes a fiery ring
G+G     C majorC    G+G   C majorC G+G         D7D7   G+G
Bound by wild desire     I fell into a ring of fire

CHORUS:
D7D7      C majorC        G+G
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
    D7D7           C majorC      G+G
I went down down down and the flames went higher
    G+G            D7D7   G+G      D7D7   G+G
And it burns burns burns  the ring of fire  the ring of fire

INTERLUDE:
Same as INTRO with Mariachi Riff (just for fun)

(chorus)

VERSE:
  G+G    C majorC    G+G   C majorC G+G         D7D7  G+G  D7D7 G+G
The taste of love is sweet   when hearts like ours meet
G+G       C majorC   G+G   C majorC G+G       D7D7    G+G
I fell for you like a child   Oh, but the fire went wild

(chorus) 2x

OUTRO:
    G+G           D7D7   G+G
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire
  D7D7   G+G
the ring of fire (repeat four times and fade)

| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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