Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live] chords by Johnny Cash
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Verse 1
(D major) There once was a man
(C major) and he couldn't cry
(G major) He hadn't cried for years
and for years (D major)
Napalmed babies, movie love (C major) stories
(G major) For instance could not
produce tears (D major)
As a child (A major) he had cried (G major) as all
children (D major) will
Then at some (C major) point his
tear ducts all ran (G major) dry (D major)
Grew to be a man, (C major) it all hit the fan
(G major) Things got bad, but
he could (D major) n't cry
Verse 2
His dog (D major) got ran over,
(C major) his wife up and left him
(G major) After that he got sacked from (D major) his job
Lost his arm in the war,
(C major) was laughed at by a whore
(G major) Ah, but still not a (D major) sniffle or sob
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Verse 3
(D major)
Well, his (A major) novel was re (G major) fused,
and his movie was (D major) panned (C major)
His big Broadway show was (D major) a flop
Verse 4
He got sent off to jail, (D major)
(C major) you guessed it, no bail
(G major) Oh, but still not a dribble (D major) or a drop
Verse 5
(D major)
In jail he was beaten,
(C major) bullied and (G major) buggered
And made to make license (D major) plates
Water and bread (C major) was all he was fed
(G major) Not once did a tear (D major) stain his face
Verse 6
(A major) Doctors were called (G major) in, scientists, (D major) too
Theo (C major) logians were last and
practically least (D major)
Verse 7
They all (D major) agreed sure enough,
(C major) this is no cream puff
(G major) Oh, but in fact an insensitive beast (D major)
Verse 8
He was (D major) taken from the jail
(C major) and placed in a place
(G major) For the insensitive and (D major) the insane
He made a lot of friends
(C major) and he played a lot of chess
(G major) And he cried every time it (D major) would rain
Verse 9
Once it rained (A major) forty days (G major) and
it rained forty (D major) nights
And he cried (C major) and he cried
and he cried and he cried (D major)
Verse 10
On the (D major) forty first day, (C major) he passed away
(G major) He just dehydrated and died (D major)
Verse 11
(D major)
He went up to heaven, (C major) located his dog
(G major) After that, he rejoined (D major) his arm
Below all the critics,
(C major) they took it all back
(G major) Cancer robbed the whore (D major) of her charm
Verse 12
His (A major) ex -wife died died of (G major) stretch marks
His (D major) ex-employer went went broke
The theo (C major) logians were
finally found (D major) out
Verse 13
Right down (D major) to the ground,
(C major) the jail house burned down
(G major) And the earth suffered perpetu
(D major) al drought
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Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live]
Johnny Cash
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