Papa Was a Good Man chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major)
Verse 1
It (G major) rained all the way to Cincin (A minor) nati
(A major) With our (D major) mattress on top of the (G major) car
Us kids were eatin' crackers
and ba (A major) loney (A minor)
(A major) And (D major) papa kept on driving never
stopped once at a (G major) bar
Then mama started talking about (A minor) Jesus
(A major) And (D major) how our lives could be from now (G major) on
While papa bought a used
tire in (A minor) Columbus (A major)
(D major) Mama rocked the baby till
all her tears (G major) were gone
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Verse 2
(G major)
She said your (C major) papa is a good man
and (G major) don't you kids forget it
The (C major) whiskey's tryin' to ruin him
but I (A major) know the Lord won't (D major) let it
(C major) Then we sang Amazing Grace
and (G major) Bringing In The Sheaves (E minor)
(G major) Rock of ages (C major) rock of (G major) ages (D major) cleft
for (G major) me
(C major) (G major)
Verse 3
I remember when papa
finally gave up drink (A minor) ing
I (C major) think mama (A major) was the only (D major) one on earth that
really thought he could (G major)
I remember all the times we'd packed
everything we owned
Into some old car (A minor) an d started
out for some new town
(D major) And through it all mama's
faith was the one thing
(G major) That was strong enough
to finally do the some good
Verse 4
She said your (C major) papa is a good man
and (G major) don't you kids forget it
The (C major) whiskey's tryin' to ruin him
but I (A major) know the Lord won't (D major) let it
(C major) Then we sang Amazing Grace and
(G major) Bringing In The Sheaves (E minor)
(G major) Rock of ages (C major) rock of (G major) ages (D major) left for (G major) me
(C major)
Papa Was a Good Man
Johnny Cash
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