{"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":469828,"song":"Banks Of The Ohio","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11563267-banks-of-the-ohio-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/469828?type=chord","rating":4.92616,"votes":190,"content":"'Banks of The Ohio' (Trad.)\r\nRecorded by Johnny Cash, to be found on 'American Recordings Unearthed'\r\noriginally recorded by Billie and Charlie Monroe in 1936. \r\nWords sung by Mr Cash somewhat different from Monroe's.\r\nAnyway, my favourite johnny song. \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[1st verse:]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI asked my love, to take a walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a walk, just a little ways,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as we walked, along  we talked[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf when would be,   our wedding day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd only say, that you'll be mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn no o  thers arms entwined,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown beside where the waters flow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown by the banks of the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI asked her if she'd marry me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my wife forever be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe only turned her head away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd had no other words to say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd only say, that you'll be mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn no o  thers arms entwined,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown beside where the waters flow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown by the banks of the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI plunged a knife into her breast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd told her she was going to rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe cried 'Oh Willie, don't murder me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'm not prepared for eternity.'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI took her by her golden curls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd drug her down to the riverside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd there I pushed her into drown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched her as she floated down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd only say, that you'll be mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn no o  thers arms entwined,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown beside where the waters flow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown by the banks of the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd going home between twelve and one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd cried 'Oh Lord, What have I done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've killed the only girl I love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause she would not marry me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd only say, that you'll be mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn no o  thers arms entwined,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown beside where the waters flow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown by the banks of the Ohio.[/tab]","plain_text":"'Banks of The Ohio' (Trad.)\nRecorded by Johnny Cash, to be found on 'American Recordings Unearthed'\noriginally recorded by Billie and Charlie Monroe in 1936. \nWords sung by Mr Cash somewhat different from Monroe's.\nAnyway, my favourite johnny song. \n\n[Intro]\n G\n\n\n[1st verse:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}