{"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":707289,"song":"The Caretaker","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/707289-the-caretaker-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/707289?type=chord","rating":4.73971,"votes":4,"content":"THE CARETAKER\r\n-J.Cash-\r\nRecorded 3/12/59 Nashville, TN\r\nSongs of Our Soil (1959)\r\n\r\nKEY: Bb / CAPO: 1 / PLAY: A\r\n\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI live in the cemetery [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh Caretaker they call me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the winter time I rake the leaves [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in the summer I cut the weeds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen a funeral comes the people cry and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey bury their dead then they all go away [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut thru their grief I still can see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTheir hate and greed and jealousy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo here I work and I somehow hide [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom a world that rushes by outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd each night when I rest my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm contented as the peaceful dead[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut who's gonna cry when old John dies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho's gonna cry when old John dies[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE:\r\nOnce I was a young man\r\nDashing with the girls\r\nNow no one wants an old man\r\nI lost my handsome curls\r\n\r\nBut I wanna say when my time comes\r\nLay me facing the rising sun\r\nPut me in a corner where I buried my pop\r\nTell the preacher to pray and cover me up\r\nDon't lay flowers where my head should be\r\nMaybe God will let some grow from me\r\nAnd all the little childern that I loved like my own\r\nWill they be sorry that old John's gone\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\nWho's gonna cry when old John dies\r\nWho's gonna cry when old John dies","plain_text":"THE CARETAKER\n-J.Cash-\nRecorded 3/12/59 Nashville, TN\nSongs of Our Soil (1959)\n\nKEY: Bb / CAPO: 1 / PLAY: A\n\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\nVERSE:\nOnce I was a young man\nDashing with the girls\nNow no one wants an old man\nI lost my handsome curls\n\nBut I wanna say when my time comes\nLay me facing the rising sun\nPut me in a corner where I buried my pop\nTell the preacher to pray and cover me up\nDon't lay flowers where my head should be\nMaybe God will let some grow from me\nAnd all the little childern that I loved like my own\nWill they be sorry that old John's gone\n\nCHORUS:\nWho's gonna cry when old John dies\nWho's gonna cry when old John dies","chords":["Bb","A","E","D"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}