The Wanderer
Johnny CashVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro
I went out walking through the streets paved with gold
Lifted some stones
Saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul
I went out walking under an atomic sky
Where the ground wont turn and the rain it burns
Like the tears when I said goodbye
Yeah I went with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering
I went drifting through the capitals of tin
Where men cant walk
Or freely talk
And sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
But they dont want God in it
I went out riding
Down that ol eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
Looking for my own name
I went with nothing
But the thought youd be there too
Looking for you
I went out there
In search of experience
To taste and to touch
And to feel as much
As a man can
Before he repents
I went out searching, lookin for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his fathers right hand
I went out walking with a Bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one
Now jesus, dont you wait up
Jesus, Ill be home soon
Yeah I went out for the papers
Told her Id be back by noon
Yeah I left with nothing
But the thought youd be there too
Looking for you...
Yeah I left with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you...
I went wandering
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Readable chord sheet for The Wanderer by Johnny Cash
Intro [C] [C] [F] I went [C]out walking through the streets paved with gold Lifted [F]some stones Saw the[F] skin and bones Of a ci[C]ty without a soul I went [C]out walking under an atomic sky Where th[F]e ground wont turn and the rain it burns Like the[C] tears when I said goodbye Yea[Am]h I went with not[F]hing Not[C]hing but the tho[G]ught of you I went [Am]wandering [F] [C] [G] I went drifting through the capitals of tin Where men cant walk Or freely talk And sons turn their fathers in I stopped outside a church house Where the citizens like to sit They say they want the kingdom But they dont want God in it I went out riding Down that ol eight lane I passed by a thousand signs Looking for my own name I went with nothing But the thought youd be there too Looking for you I went out there In search of experience To taste and to touch And to feel as much As a man can Before he repents I went out searching, lookin for one good man A spirit who would not bend or break Who would sit at his fathers right hand I went out walking with a Bible and a gun The word of God lay heavy on my heart I was sure I was the one Now jesus, dont you wait up Jesus, Ill be home soon Yeah I went out for the papers Told her Id be back by noon Yeah I left with nothing But the thought youd be there too Looking for you... Yeah I left with nothing Nothing but the thought of you... I went wandering