The Man Comes Around chords by Johnny Cash
Intro 1
"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying,
'Come and see.' and I saw,
and behold a white horse"
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Verse 1
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There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
And he decides who to free and who to blame
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Everybody won't be treated all the same
There'll be a golden ladder
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reachin' down
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When the man comes around
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Verse 2
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The hairs on your arm will stand up
At the terror in each sip and in each sup
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Will you partake of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the
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potter's ground?
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When the man comes around
Chorus 1
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Hear the trumpets hear hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singin'
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Multitudes are marchin' to the
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big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
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It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
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And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
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The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
Verse 3
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Till armageddon no shalam, no shalom
Then the father hen will call his
chickens home
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The wise man will bow down
before the throne
And at his feet
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they'll cast their golden crowns
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When the man comes around
Verse 4
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Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous let him be
righteous still
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Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
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Listen to the words long written down
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When the man comes around
Chorus 2
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Hear the trumpets hear hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singin'
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Multitudes are marchin' to the
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big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
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It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
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And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
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The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
In measured hundredweight and
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penny pound
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When the man comes around
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"And I heard a voice in the midst
of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death,
and hell followed with him
The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
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