The Ghost Of Johnny Cash chords by Phil Madeira
Verse 1
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Woke up in a cold sweat
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from a dream at 3 a .m. Drift
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ing on the sea of shad ows,
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the rain was whipping in the wind.
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I saw a man dressed all in black
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reach out and take the helm.
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And he charted us a course
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until the spirit ran low
I can taste the salt
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and feel the blisters on my hand
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As I'm pulling at the oars,
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rowing on to glory land
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Sittin' in the stern,
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singin' hymns and talkin' trash
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Is my broken guardian angel
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Am
the ghost of Johnny Cash?
Johnny's quotin' from the Bible,
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I'm tryin' to steer this leaky craft
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His familiar voice reminds me
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I'm a man who's cut in half
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His tarnished halo slips and shines
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as ra ging billows crash
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I'm riding out the deluge
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with the ghost of Johnny Cash
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Some sinners need their saints
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to be survivors of the fall
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Cause when you're down
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here on your knees,
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most angels look too dumb
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C
So how does he live his life out,
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dust to dust and ash to ash
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With my guide from the other side,
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the ghost of Johnny Cash
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Gotta stand for something,
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cause when you're gone,
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you're gone
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The devil lost a lot of souls
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when Johnny put that black suit on
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He's still flipping off the Pharisees
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and laughing at old Scrooge
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And he haunts the halls of heaven,
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the ghost of Chanukah
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Some sinners need their saints
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to be survivors of the fall
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Cause when you're down
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here on your knees,
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most angels look too tall
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So I'll just live this life out,
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dust to dust, and ash to ash
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With my guide from the other side,
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the ghost of Johnny Cash
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I'll just live this life out,
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dust to dust, and ash to ash
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Till I'm raised in hell and heaven
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With the ghost of Johnny Cash
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The Ghost Of Johnny Cash
Phil Madeira
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