Ballad Of Barbara

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[intro]
A
[verse]
A
In a southern town where I was born
A E A
That's where I got my education
A
I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods
A E A
And I wondered at creation
A
I recall the sun in a sky of blue
A E A
And the smell of green things growin'
A
And I lived everyday and I lived anyway
A E A
Anyway the wind was blowin'
A
But then I heard of a cultured city life
A E A
Breath-takin' lofty steeples
A
And the day I called myself a man
A E A
I left my land and my people
[verse 2]
D
And I rambled North and I rambled East
D A D
And I tested and I tasted
D
And a girl or two took me round and round
D A D
But always left me wasted
D
In a world that saw concrete and steel
D A D
With nothin' green ever growin'
D
Where the buildings hide the rising sun
D A D
And stop the free wind from blowin'
D
Where they sleep all day and they wake all night
D A D
To a world of drink and laughter
D
I met that girl that I thought would be
D A D
The one that I was after
[verse 3]
A
In a soft blue gown and a formal tux
A E A
Beneath that lofty steeple
A
He said do you Barbra take this man
A E A
Will you be one of his people
A
And she said I will and she said I do
A E A
And the world looked mighty pretty
A
And we lived in a fancy downtown flat
A E A
Cause she loved the noisy city
A
Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky
A E A
And I longed for green things growin'
A
And I talked of home and my people there
A E A
But she'd not agree to goin'
[verse 4]
E
Then her hazel eyes turned away from me
E B E
With a look that wasn't very pretty
E
And she turned into concrete and steel
E B E
And she said I take the city
[verse 5]
A
Now the cars go by on the interstate
A E A
And my pack is on my shoulder
A
And I'm goin' home where I belong
A E A
Much wiser now and older

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[intro]
A
[verse]
[verse 2]
[verse 3]
[verse 4]
[verse 5]

Ballad Of Barbara Chords by Johnny Cash

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