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Ballad of Barbara chords by 
Johnny Cash 
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Key: G major•BPM: 102
Intro 1
C
G
C
Verse 1
C
In a southern town
where I was born
G
C
That's where I got my education
I worked in the fields and
I walked in the woods
G
C
And I wondered at creation
Verse 2
C
I recall the sun in a sky of blue
G
C
And the smell of green things growin'
And the seasons changed
and I lived each day
G
C
Just the way the wind was blowin'
Verse 3
C
Then I heard of a cultured
city life
G
C
Breathtakin' lofty steeples
And the day I called myself a man
G
C
I left my land and my people
Verse 4
C
And I rambled north and I rambled east
G
C
And I tested and I tasted
And a girl or two,
took me round and round
G
C
But they always left me wasted
Verse 5
C
In a world that's all concrete and steel
G
C
With nothin' green ever growin'
Where the buildings hide
the risin' sun
G
And they blocked the free winds
C
from blowin'
Verse 6
C
Where you sleep all day
and you wake all night
G
C
To a world of drink and laughter
I met that girl that I was sure would be
G
C
The one that I was af ter
Interlude 1
C
G
C
G
C
D
Verse 7
D
In a soft blue gown and formal tux
A
D
Beneath that lofty steeple
He said, "Do you Barbara,
take this man
A
D
Will you be one of his people?"
Verse 8
D
And she said, "I will",
and she said, "I do"
A
D
And the world looked mighty pretty
And we lived in a fancy
downtown flat
A
D
'Cause she loved the noisy city
Verse 9
D
But the days grew cold
beneath a yellow sky
And I longed for green
A
D
things growin'
And the thoughts of home
and the people there
A
D
But she'd not agreed to goin'
Verse 10
D
Then her hazel eyes turned away from me
A
D
With a look that wasn't pretty
And she turned into
concrete and steel
A
D
And she said, "I'll take the city"
Verse 11
D
Now the cars go by on the interstate
A
D
And my pack is on my shoulder
But I'm goin' home, where I belong
A
D
Much wiser now and older
Outro 1
D
A
D
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