{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1067658,"song":"What Is Truth","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1067658-what-is-truth-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1067658?type=chord","rating":4.81813,"votes":26,"content":"Intro:\r\n\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]A[/ch]     |[ch]C#7[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]|     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe old man turned off the radio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"Where did all of the old songs go?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n     Kids sure play funny music these days,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\n     And they play it in the strangest ways.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n     Said, \"It looks to me like they've all gone wild.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n     It was peaceful back when I was a child.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell, man, could it be that the the girls and boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAre tryin' to be heard above your noise?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the lonely voice of youth cries,        \"What is truth?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA little boy of three sittin' on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooks up and says, \"Daddy, what is war?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n     \"Son, that's when people fight and die.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA little boy of three says, \"Daddy, why?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA young man of seventeen in Sunday school,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n     Bein' taught the golden rule.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd by the time another year has gone around,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt may be his turn to lay his life down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCan you blame the voice of youth for asking,        \"What is truth?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]A[/ch]     |[ch]C#7[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]|     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA young man sittin' on the witness stand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe man with the book says, \"Raise your hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nRe-peat after me. I solemnly swear.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe man looked down at his long hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd although the young man solemnly swore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n      Nobody seemed to hear anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd it didn't really matter if the truth was there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the lonely voice of youth cries,         \"What is truth?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]A[/ch]     |[ch]C#7[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]|     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n|     [ch]E[/ch]     |     [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nA young girl dancin' to the latest beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHas found new ways to move her feet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nA young man speakin' in the city square[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIs tryin' to tell somebody that he cares.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n      Yeah, the ones that you're callin' wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAre gonna be the leaders in a little while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThis old world's wakin' to a newborn day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I solemnly swear that it'll be their way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou better help that voice of youth find            what is truth.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the lonely voice of youth cries,          \"What is truth?\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro:\n\n|     E     |     A     |C#7  B7|     E     |\n|     E     |     E     |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\n\n|     E     |     A     |C#7  B7|     E     |\n|     E     |     E     |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\n\n|     E     |     A     |C#7  B7|     E     |\n|     E     |     E     |","chords":["E","A","C#7","B7","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}