Ceiling, Four Walls And A Floor chords by Johnny Cash
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Verse 1
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) His daddy said son (C major) you
oughta quit (G major) dreamin' (C major)
Put your feet (G major) on the ground and your future
in the hands of the Lord (D major)
But the boy said (G major) no (C major) that
ain't enough (G major) dad (C major)
All you got (G major) here is a ceilin'
(D major) four walls and a floor (G major)
Verse 2
He left his home (C major) in (G major) Buckalou County
He went thumbin' (C major) and sleepin'
on the (G major) roadside livin' in (D major) jeans
Along about (G major) Pittsburgh
(C major) he got him a good (G major) job
(C major) Bought him a (G major) brand new Malibu (D major) Chevy
that was part of his dream (G major) s
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Verse 3
He met a pretty girl (G major) (C major) she
was thinkin' of a (G major) family
(C major) He bought a lotta (G major) tapes for his Malibu
Chevy but he didn't want (D major) more
And the pretty girl (G major) said (C major) boy
you oughta slow (G major) down (C major)
He said who (G major) needs a ceilin'
(D major) four walls and a floor (G major)
Verse 4
He did a little (C major) drinkin' he did
a little (G major) gamblin'
Shot a little (C major) nine ball bet a little (G major) money
on the football (D major) games
He picked up a (G major) habit (C major) he got
it on the (G major) sidewalk
(C major) His habit got (G major) bigger but his weekly
paycheck (D major) stayed the same (G major)
Verse 5
His daddy wrote (G major) letters
(C major) but he never (G major) answered
(C major) The pretty girl (G major) begged him to give up
the habit and to work on a change (D major)
It was a real small (G major) gun
(C major) and a real small (G major) robbery
(C major) They locked him up (G major) and they traded
him a (D major) number for his (G major) name
Verse 6
It ain't no big news (C major) it ain't
no big story (G major)
You didn't see (C major) it in the paper so I (G major) guess
we oughta put it in a (D major) song
The boy got (G major) hooked (C major) and he couldn't
get (G major) un hooked (C major)
And it's hap (G major) penin' somewhere now (D major) and
maybe that's what's (G major) wrong
Verse 7
His daddy said (G major) son (C major) you
oughta quit (G major) dreamin' (C major)
Put your feet (G major) on the ground and your future
in the hands of the Lord (D major)
But the boy said (G major) no (C major) that
ain't enough (G major) dad (C major)
All you got (G major) here is a ceilin'
(D major) four walls and a (G major) floor.
Ceiling, Four Walls And A Floor
Johnny Cash
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