The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

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What a great song from Johnny Cash! I had so much fun playing it! Here’s the guitar chords of The Man Comes Around.

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Spoken:

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder:

One of the four beasts saying: “Come and see."

And I saw.

And behold, a white horse.

Verse 1:

C/G

There’s a man goin’ round takin’ names

And he decides who to free and who to blame

Everybody won’t be treated all the same

There’ll be a golden ladder reaching down

When the

man comes

C/G

around

Verse 2:

C/G

The hairs on your arm will stand up

At the terror in his sip and in his sup

Will you partake of that last offered cup

Or disappear into the potters’ ground

When the m

an comes

C/G

around

Chorus:

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers

C(v2)

One

C/G

hundred million angels singing

C(v2)

C/G

Multitudes are marching to the

big

ettle

drum

Voices calling voices crying

Some are born and some of dying

It’s Alpha and Omega’s kingdome

C/G

come

Bridge:

And the

whirlwind is in the t

horn

tre

C(v2)

C/G

And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

The

whirlwind is in the

thorn

tree

C(v2)

C/G

It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks

Verse 3:

C/G

’Till Armageddon no shalam no shalome

Then the father-hen will call his chickens home

The wise men will bow down before the throne

And at his feet they’ll cast their golden crowns

When the man comes around

C/G

Verse 4:

C/G

Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still

Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still

Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still

Listen to the words long written down

When the man comes around

C/G

Chorus:

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers

C(v2)

One

C/G

hundred million angels singing

C(v2)

C/G

Multitudes are marching to the

big

ettle

drum

Voices calling voices crying

Some are born and some of dying

It’s Alpha and Omega’s kingdome

C/G

come

Bridge:

And the

whirlwind is in the t

horn

tre

C(v2)

C/G

And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

The

whirlwind is in the

thorn

tree

C(v2)

C/G

It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks

Conclusion:

C/G

In measured hundred weight and p

enny

pound

When the Man comes around.

C/G

Spoken:

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts,

And I looked and behold: a pale horse.

And his name, that sat on him, was Death.

And Hell followed with him.

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