Ballad of Barbara

Ballad of Barbara easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    In a 
    southern 
    town 

    where 
    was 
    born 

    That's 
    where 
    got 
    my 
    educa
    tion 

    I worked 
    in 
    the fields 
    and 

    I walked 
    in the 
    woods 

    And 
    I wondered 
    at 
    cre
    ation 

    Verse 2
    I recall 
    the sun 
    in a sky 
    of 
    blue 

    And the 
    smell 
    of 
    green 
    things 
    grow
    in' 

    And 
    the 
    seasons 
    changed 

    and I 
    lived 
    each 
    day 

    Just 
    the way 
    the wind 
    was 
    blow
    in' 

    Verse 3
    Then I 
    heard 
    of 
    a cultured 

    city 
    life 

    Breathtakin' 
    lofty 
    steeples 

    And 
    the day 
    I called 
    myself 
    a man 

    I left 
    my 
    land 
    and 
    my 
    people 

    Verse 4
    And 
    I rambled 
    north 
    and 
    I rambled 
    east 

    And I 
    tested 
    an
    tasted 

    And 
    a girl 
    or 
    two, 

    took 
    me 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    But they 
    always 
    left 
    me 
    wasted 

    Verse 5
    In a 
    world 
    that's 
    all 
    concrete 
    and 
    steel 

    With 
    nothin' 
    green 
    ever 
    grow
    in' 

    Where 
    the 
    buildings 
    hide 

    the risin' 
    sun 

    And they 
    blocked 
    the 
    free 
    winds 

    from 
    blowin' 

    Verse 6
    Where you 
    sleep 
    all 
    day 

    and you 
    wake 
    all 
    night 

    To 
    a world 
    of 
    drink 
    and 
    laughter 

    I met 
    that 
    girl 
    that I 
    was sure 
    would be 

    The one 
    that 
    was 
    af
    ter 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 7
    In a 
    soft 
    blue 
    gown 
    and 
    formal 
    tux 

    Beneath 
    that lofty 
    steeple 

    He said, 
    "Do 
    you 
    Barbara, 

    take 
    this 
    man 

    Will you 
    be one 
    of 
    his 
    people?" 

    Verse 8
    And she said, 
    "I 
    will", 

    and she 
    said, 
    "I do" 

    And the 
    world 
    looked 
    mighty 
    pretty 

    And we 
    lived 
    in 
    a fancy 

    downtown 
    flat 

    'Cause she 
    loved 
    the noisy 
    city 

    Verse 9
    But the 
    days 
    grew 
    cold 

    beneath 
    a yellow 
    sky 

    And 
    I longed 
    for 
    green 

    things 
    grow
    in' 

    And the 
    thoughts 
    of home 

    and the 
    people 
    there 

    But she'd 
    not 
    agreed 
    to goin' 

    Verse 10
    Then her 
    hazel 
    eyes 
    turned 
    away 
    from 
    me 

    With 
    a look 
    that 
    was
    n't 
    pretty 

    And 
    she 
    turned 
    into 

    concrete 
    and 
    steel 

    And she 
    said, 
    "I'll 
    take 
    the city" 

    Verse 11
    Now 
    the 
    cars 
    go 
    by 
    on 
    the interstate 

    And 
    my 
    pack 
    is 
    on 
    my 
    shoulder

    But I'm 
    goin' 
    home, 
    where 
    belong 

    Much 
    wiser 
    now 
    and 
    older 

    Outro 1

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