{"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":1939881,"song":"A Boy Named Sue","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1939881-a-boy-named-sue-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1939881?type=chord","rating":4.66557,"votes":26,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell my daddy left home when I was three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he didn't leave much to ma and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, I don't blame him cause he run and hid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the meanest thing that he ever did[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas before he left, he went and named me \"Sue.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, he must o' thought that is quite a joke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt seems I had to fight my whole life through.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome gal would giggle and I'd get red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named \"Sue.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy fist got hard and my wits got keen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I made a vow to the moon and stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I'd search the honky-tonks and bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd kill that man who gave me that awful name.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I just hit town and my throat was dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt an old saloon on a street of mud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere at a table, dealing stud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSat the dirty, mangy dog that named me \"Sue.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was big and bent and gray and old,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I looked at him and my blood ran cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I said: \"My name is 'Sue! ' How do you do![/tab]\r\n\r\nNow your gonna die!! \"\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I hit him hard right between the eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he went down, but to my surprise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I busted a chair right across his teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we crashed through the wall and into the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI tell ya, I've fought tougher men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I really can't remember when,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe went for his gun and I pulled mine first,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he said: \"Son, this world is rough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I give ya that name and I said goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew you'd have to get tough or die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's the name that helped to make you strong. \"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said: \"Now you just fought one hell of a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know you hate me, and you got the right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut ya ought to thank me, before I die,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you \"Sue.'\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got all choked up and I threw down my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I called him my pa, and he called me his son,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I came away with a different point of view.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I think about him, now and then,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery time I try and every time I win,[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name![/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow your gonna die!! \"\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nAnd if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him","chords":["D","G","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}