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The Wanderer

Johnny Cash
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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

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