A Girl Named Johnny Cash chords by Jane Morgan

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

D#   G#
over folsom prison riff

Verse:
G#
Started out in Tennessee  in 1944
         C#
When the Doctor hollered "it's a girl"  my father hit the floor
        G#
Then he hit the bottle  and he signed his name  and he drove off in the Nash
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Then when that sun came up again  he'd named me Johnny Cash    mmm-mmm

Verse:
      F#
So at 22 I left my home  to Nashville I did go
   B
To try to land me a little job had to earn myself some dough
      F#
I was workin'  in a diner  in a hairnet servin'  hash
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And on my little apron   was embroidered Johnny Cash    mmm-mmm

Verse:
  E
I could've had my pick of men  if I'd been named Lucille
    A
But when they saw my uniform  they just laughed and ate their meals
   E
So I just drink my coffee black in back behind the trash
    B                                 B     Bb A      E
And curse that lousy drunkard who had named me Johnny Cash

Instrumental:

A   B   E
over folsom prison riff

Verse:
      E
And I walked the streets of Nashville  I was feelin' low and lost
A
Thought I'd go and change my name   no matter what it cost
  E
I stood in line behind a man  who turned and in a flash
   Bb                                                E          F#
He said  my name is Sue and I said great I'm  Johnny Cash   mmm-mmm

Verse:
F
Now me and Sue is married  with a little boy and girl
    B
The boy was christened Jessica  and the girl was christened Earl
    F#
And when my Sue comes home from work it's up the stairs we dash
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Cause I love to hear my little Susie say I love you Johnny Cash

Outro:
C#   F#
folsom riff