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WAGE WAR – Johnny Cash
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Strumming down down down down down
Intro:
Em C D
Let me tell you the saddest story
Em C D
Love lost, left broken and empty
Em C D
Put my heart in the hands of another
Em C D Em
Set a fire to the past and watched me burn
Interlude:
Em
Verse 1:
Em C D
Somehow I guess it's better this way
Em C D
Looking back, was it all just a mistake?
Em C D
Thought I could live in the arms of another
Em C D Em
But I guess I wasn't enough for her
Chorus 1:
Em C Em
I wanna feel the love you can't live without
Em D Em
The one that Johnny Cash wrote all his songs about
Em C Em
But I gave it all away for no return
Em D Em
Guess it's just another lesson that I'll never learn
Verse 2:
Em C D
I've been putting myself through your Hell
Em C D
Holding on to things that don't even matter now
Em C D
You found your place in the arms of another
Em C D
But now I see it's just the way the Earth will turn
Chorus 2:
Em C Em
I wanna feel the love you can't live without
Em D Em
The one that Johnny Cash wrote all his songs about
Em C Em
But I gave it all away for no return
Em D Em
Guess it's just another lesson that I'll never learn
Em C Em
Can't seem to fill the void that lives in my chest
Em D Em
Thought I was what you need, but I'm just second best
Em C Em
I'll never give it all away again I swear
Em D
Don't even look for a heart, you'll find there's nothing
Em
there
Interlude C, Em, Am, D:
Bridge:
Em C Am
(I can't take it back)
Em Em
All the years that we spent together have come to an end
Em C D
(Regret is all I had)
Em Em
Not sure I would if I could do it all over again
Em C Am
(I can't take it back)
Em Em
The memories, the pictures, I love you's will wither
Em C D
(Regret is all I had)
Em D
But this is the last song I'll write about you
Em
Forget my name
C
Forget my face
D
It was all just empty space
Am Em
Deadweight; no longer part of me
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025