Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live] chords by
Johnny Cash

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Verse 1
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There once was a man
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and he couldn't cry
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He hadn't cried for years
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and for years
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Napalmed babies, movie love stories
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For instance could not
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produce tears
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As a child he had cried as all
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children will
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Then at some point his
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tear ducts all ran dry
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Grew to be a man, it all hit the fan
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Things got bad, but
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he couldn't cry

Verse 2
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His dog got ran over,
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his wife up and left him
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After that he got sacked from his job
Lost his arm in the war,
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was laughed at by a whore
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Ah, but still not a sniffle or sob

Verse 3

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Well, his novel was refused,

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and his movie was panned

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His big Broadway show was a flop

Verse 4

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He got sent off to jail,

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you guessed it, no bail

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Oh, but still not a dribble or a drop

Verse 5
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In jail he was beaten,
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bullied and buggered
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And made to make license plates
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Water and bread was all he was fed
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Not once did a tear stain his face

Verse 6

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Doctors were called in, scientists, too

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Theologians were last and

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practically least

Verse 7

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They all agreed sure enough,

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this is no cream puff

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Oh, but in fact an insensitive beast

Verse 8
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He was taken from the jail
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and placed in a place
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For the insensitive and the insane
He made a lot of friends
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and he played a lot of chess
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And he cried every time it would rain

Verse 9

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Once it rained forty days and

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it rained forty nights

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And he cried and he cried

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and he cried and he cried

Verse 10

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On the forty first day, he passed away

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He just dehydrated and died

Verse 11
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He went up to heaven, located his dog
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After that, he rejoined his arm
Below all the critics,
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they took it all back
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Cancer robbed the whore of her charm

Verse 12

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His ex -wife died died of stretch marks

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His ex-employer went went broke

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The theologians were

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finally found out

Verse 13

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Right down to the ground,

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the jail house burned down

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And the earth suffered perpetu

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al drought

Outro 1

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