{"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":1502145,"song":"The Beast In Me","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1502145-the-beast-in-me-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1502145?type=chord","rating":4.65331,"votes":42,"content":"CAPO 3\r\n\r\nHold the chord and pick the melody, I've marked when to stop picking,\r\nat that point you revert to regular strumming.\r\nThe man in black picks the B7 chord as well (same melody as the A chord),\r\nwhen I play the song I do too, but it sounds just as good when you don't.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   Melody                                                   Chords\r\n   [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------2-2----2----------------|---0---2---0---3---2---1---|\r\nB|----2-2----2-----2-----2------3-3----3----------------|---2---3---0---0---0---2---|\r\nG|----2-2----2-----2-----2------2-2----2------1-1----1--|---2---2---1---0---2---1---|\r\nD|----2-2----2-----2--2--2---0----------------2-2----2--|---2---0---2---0---1---3---|\r\nA|-0------------0-------------------0------2--2-2----2--|---0---x---2---2---2---4---|\r\nE|--------0---------------------------------------0-----|---0---x---0---3---0---x---|[/tab]\r\n\r\n*For the C#: On the live video, it looks like Johnny is playing a C#7 but just in\r\nthe same position as the C# - x4342x.  C#7 is a lot easier to play than the C#.\r\n\r\n* = end melody\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe beast in me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Is caged by frail and fragile bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch] *\r\n  Restless by day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch] (melody)\r\nAnd by night rants and rages at the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGod help,   the beast in me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe beast in me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Has had to learn to live with pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  And how to shelter from the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch] *             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  And in the twinkling of an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch] (melody)\r\nmight have to be restrained[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGod help,   the beast in me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\n   Sometimes it tries to kid me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat it's just a teddy bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd even somehow manage[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto vanish in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd that is when I must beware[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf the beast in me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  That everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch] *              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  They've seen him out dressed in my clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]  (melody)\r\npatently unclear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf it's New York or new year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   God help, the beast in me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n       The beast in me[/tab]","plain_text":"CAPO 3\n\nHold the chord and pick the melody, I've marked when to stop picking,\nat that point you revert to regular strumming.\nThe man in black picks the B7 chord as well (same melody as the A chord),\nwhen I play the song I do too, but it sounds just as good when you don't.\n\n\n\n\n*For the C#: On the live video, it looks like Johnny is playing a C#7 but just in\nthe same position as the C# - x4342x.  C#7 is a lot easier to play than the C#.\n\n* = end melody\n\n\n[Intro]\nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["B7","A","D","E","G","C#","B","C","C#7"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}