What Do I Care

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WHAT DO I CARE – Johnny Cash
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From the album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963)
Tabbed by: Justin Muir
Email: HojoSeph99@optonline.net
Tuning: Standard, Capo 1st Fret (Chords are relative to capo)
Intro (strum slowly)
E B7
When I'm all through if I haven't been what they think I should be
A E
If the total isn't high enough when they figure me
E A
When I grow old if there's no gray from worry in my hair
(syncopated strumming)
B7 E
What do I care what do I care
A E
What do I care just as long as you were mine a little while
A E
When the road was long and weary you gave me a few good mile
A E
What do I care if I miss a goal because I make a slip
F#7 B7
I'll still be satisfied because I tasted your sweet lips
A E
What do I care if I never have much money
A E
And sometimes my table looks a little bare
A E
Anything that I may miss is made up for each time we kiss
F#7 B7 E
You love me and I love you so what do I care
Guitar Solo (not relative to capo):
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------2---------|
A|-5-7-8---5-7-8---5-5-5-3----3-4-5---5-5-----3-----|
E|------------------------------------------------1-|
A E
What do I care just as long as you were mine a little while
A E
When the road was long and weary you gave me a few good mile
A E
What do I care if I miss a goal because I make a slip
F#7 B7
I'll still be satisfied because I tasted your sweet lips
A E
What do I care if I never have much money
A E
And sometimes my table looks a little bare
A E
Anything that I may miss is made up for each time we kiss
F#7 B7 E
You love me and I love you so what do I care
Ending (not relative to capo):
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-3--3-3--1------|
E|-----------3--1-|

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                      WHAT DO I CARE – Johnny Cash
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From the album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963)
Tabbed by: Justin Muir
Email: HojoSeph99@optonline.net
Tuning: Standard, Capo 1st Fret (Chords are relative to capo)
Intro (strum slowly)
(syncopated strumming)

What Do I Care Chords by Johnny Cash

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