{"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":2751600,"song":"Farmers Almanac","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2751600-farmers-almanac-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2751600?type=chord","rating":4.54375,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell the farmer prayed for a better year[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the crops were good like the Lord did hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut his barn burnt down with winter near[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe answer came in white and black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf a man could have half his wishes,    he could double his trouble[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nA sweet old lady was eighty four[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen her kinfolks came for a month or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow from overworked she's on the other shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMuch too late with ya'll come back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nVisitors and fish smell after 3 days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOur leader was a silver-tongued man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe deceived the people of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd when he got caught he couldn't stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a little off-beat and a little off-track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn rivers and bad government, the lightest things float to the top[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRod said I don't believe in God[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nRod died and lies beneath the sod[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell God did not believe in Rod[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLife is a troubled and a wearied track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFeed your faith and your doubts will starve to death[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe little boy followed the honey bee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it flew straight to the honey tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe got stung but got the honey free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nConsolation for the things you lack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGod gives us the darkness so we can see the stars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe came home 3 hours late from work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid \"I had a flat and fell in the dirt\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nShe said \"and got lipstick on your shirt\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell it turned out like Jill and Jack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said honey you know I'm true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI just look at other women that's all I do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen she caught him with her best friend Peggy Sue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSometimes some women will look back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere is a lot of difference in window-shoppin' and shop-liftin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI sat down at a shoe-shine stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had a real slow shoe-shine man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI said you don't pop that rag like some of 'em can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe looked at me and then he said right back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"It says in the farmer's almanac, it says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe trouble with the world today is there's too much poppin' and not enough shinin'\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE  A  B7  E    E  A  B7  E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE  A  B7  E    E  A  B7  E\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\nE  A  B7  E    E  A  B7  E\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE  A  B7  E    E  A  B7  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