Johnny Cash

Flesh And Blood Acoustic Chords

by Johnny Cash

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Flesh and Blood (source Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson Storytellers 1995) Chords for this song     G  C  A7  D7 E|--1--0--3---2----| B|--0--1--2---1----| G|--0--0--2---2----| D|--0--2--2---0----| A|--2--3--0--------| E|--3--------------| Picking Patterns; Introduction pattern E|----1---1---1-----------1-------| B|----0---0---0-----------0-------| G|----0---0---0-----------0-------| D|----0---0---0---0-------0-------| A|----2--2----2-----2-0---2-------| E|--3-------3-----------3---------|
G Chord E|----1---1---1----| B|----0---0---0----| G|----0---0---0----| D|----0---0---0----| A|----2--2----2----| E|--3-------3------| C Chord E|---0--0----0--| B|---1--1----1--| G|---0--0----0--| D|---2--2----2--| A|--3---0--3----| E|-----3--------| Play A7 and D7 normally If unsure how to play the picking pattern with the words of the song go to the video on youtube:                         - Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson storytellers Flesh and Blood to see how Cash did it  "Flesh And Blood" Verse 1: G                C Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream G Where the Willow grew        C                   G Where the Silver Leaf of Maple          A7              D7 Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew   G                 C I braided Twigs of Willows         G             Made a String of Buckeye Beads;      C                   G          But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood      C                G And you're the one I need C                     G       Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood     C                 G   And you're the one I need. Verse 2:                    C  I leaned against a Bark of Birch      G                      And I breathed the Honey Dew         C                     G I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese           A7          D7 Against a Sky of Baby Blue G           C Beside the Lily Pads             G              I carved a Whistle from a Reed;         C                G Mother Nature's quite a Lady     C                 G But you're the one I need C                     G           Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood      C                G And you're the one I need. Verse 3:                  C A Cardinal sang just for me       G         And I thanked him for the Song         C                 G Then the Sun went slowly down the West     A7              D7 And we had to move along G                      C   These were some of the things             G On which my Mind and Spirit feed;      C                    G But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood      C                G And you're the one I need C                    G Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood      C               G And you're the one I need. Verse 4: SPOKEN: (Play chords single not strumming or picking pattern just play each chord once)                       C So when this Day was ended      C I was very satisfied     C           G But I knew everything I touched       A7               D7 Would wither and would die      G                C And Love is all that will remain      G And grow from all these Seed; SUNG: (back to the picking pattern and how cash played it)        C                   G Mother Nature's quite a Lady      C               G But you're the one I need C                    G  Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood     C                 G And you're the one I need. Outro: E|-1--1--1--| B|-0--------| G|-0--------| D|-0--------| A|-2--------|

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Last Updated: February 8, 2026