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