Wanna Be Big Bad Johnny Cash chords by Beth Hart

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:


E

Verse 1:
E                                 B
Cool and quick and whiskey on his breath
B                                   E
Singing songs like he was cheatin' death
E                               B
Howlin' at the dark side of the sun
B                            E
Louder than a madman waves a gun

Pre-chorus:
            A       E        B
And when i see him take the stage
        A       C#m    B
I just knew it right away


Chorus:
            E     B  C#m
I wanna be Johnny
     B          A       B
In a big black Cadillac
                    E   B  C#m
With my road trash army
      B        A              B
And a cocktail waitress on my lap
        E      B   C#m   B   A       B
And the whole damn world can kiss my ass
      A      B           E
Wanna be big bad Johnny Cash


Verse 2:
E                          B
Elvin is alive or so they say
B                           E
Marilyn Monroe, she's just okay
E                              B
I dont know enough about James Dean
B                                  E
But Johnny is the man that i wanna be


Pre-chorus:
           A       E     B
And when I haven't got a clue
         A    C#m               B
I ask myself "what would Johnny do "


Chorus:
               E     B C#m
Cuz I wanna be Johnny
     B         A        B
In a big black Cadillac
                    E   B C#m
With my road trash army
      B        A              B
And a cocktail waitress on my lap
        E     B    C#m   B   A               B
And the whole damn world can kiss my little ass
      A      B          E
Wanna be big bad Johnny Cash


Bridge:
E
Big bad Johnny Cash
E
Big bad Johnny Cash
E
Big bad Johnny Cash
E                                       A
In a big bad big bad Cadillac Cadillac yeah!
A          E        A        B
Cadillac!      (guitar solo)
B
In a big bad Cadillac lookin' like a badass


Chorus:
E      B C#m
Johnny
     B         A        B
In a big black Cadillac
                    E   B C#m
With my road trash army
      B         A             B
And a cocktail waitress on my lap
        E      B   C#m   B   A       B
And the whole damn world can kiss my ass
      A      B           E
Wanna be big bad Johnny Cash


Outro:
        A      B           E
I wanna be big bad Johnny Cash
        A      B           E
I wanna be big bad Johnny Cash