The Man Comes Around original guitar chords by 
Johnny Cash 
Key: C major
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"
C/G
C/G
C/G
C/G
Verse 1
C/G
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
And he decides who to free and who to blame
C/G
Everybody won't be treated all the same
There'll be a golden ladder
C
C/B
Am
reachin' down
F
G
C
When the man comes around
Verse 2
At the terror in each sip and in each sup
C/G
Will you partake of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the
C
C/B
Am
potter's ground?
F
G
C
When the man comes around
Chorus 1
One hundred million angels singin'
F
C/E
G
big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
F
C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
F
C
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
Verse 3
Then the father hen will call his
chickens home
before the throne
And at his feet
C
C/B
Am
they'll cast their golden crowns
F
G
C
When the man comes around
Verse 4
C/G
Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous let him be
righteous still
C/G
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
C
C/B
Am
Listen to the words long written down
F
G
C
When the man comes around
Chorus 2
One hundred million angels singin'
F
C/E
G
big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
G
G/B
C
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
F
C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
F
C
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
In measured hundredweight and
C
C/B
Am
penny pound
F
G
C
When the man comes around
C
C
C
"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
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