Ring Of Fire tab by Johnny Cash

Tuning:EADGBe

CHORDS:
G =320033
C =x32010
D7=xx0212

Basic Strum Pattern:
   Q    Q    e  e  e  e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2----------------------------------------------------|
E|-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)---|
B|-8----10----11----|-12----12--12----12--12----13----10--|-12-----|(12)---|
G|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
D|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
A|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
E|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|

Q    e  e     e  Q     Q    Q      W                   W
e|-7----7--7-----7--7-----8----5----|-7-----------------|(7)---------------|
B|-8----8--8-----8--8----10----7----|-8-----------------|(8)---------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|

Intro:
   G                       C             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----||
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2----3----3----||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||

G                       D7            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----||
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2--------------||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||

VERSE:
G         C       G      C  G                 D7    G    D7  G
Love is a burning thing        and it makes a fiery ring
G         C       G      C  G                 D7      G
Bound by  wild  desire          I fell into a ring of fire

CHORUS:
D7            C               G
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
       D7                     C           G
I went down down down and the flames went higher
       G                        D7      G           D7      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        C       G     C  G                  D7   G    D7 G
The taste of love is sweet      when hearts like ours meet
G              C      G     C  G             D7        G
I fell for you like a child      Oh, but the fire went wild

(chorus) 2x

OUTRO:
       G                     D7      G
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire
    D7      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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