This is a fantastically dark song. It has the feel of an evil circus. If there is a 
hell, they play this song in hell and the people of hell enjoy it.

To create the waltzy quality, alternate the bass note with the note on the same fret a 
string below. For the Em in the verse, use the fifth string bar chord on the seventh fret.

Bm (x24432@1)                 EmBorn (022000@1)to a good father I have no excuse
F# (244322@1)                               BmI (x24432@1)could say I blame someone but what would be the use
Bm (x24432@1)                           EmWhen (022000@1)I learn to travel now is when I learn to steal
      F# (244322@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)        F# (244322@1)       BmTo (x24432@1)ride without a ticket now along the lines of steel

E (022100@1)                       AOh (x02220@1)you don't know the things I have seen
D (xx0232@1)              D7 (xx0212@1)                  G (320003@1)          F#Twenty (244322@1)years out on the road with the Johnson Family
E (022100@1)                     AOh (x02220@1)you don't know the cages I have seen
D (xx0232@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)            G (320003@1)           F#Twenty (244322@1)years in and out of the Johnson Family

I'd harnessed stones and took them to the fence
I found my heart by moved the shop and always made the rent
When I met old George now he showed me to the box
Fresh out the night oh from the day now the money never stops

Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
In and out over the years of the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the troubles I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family

Call me a thief and a liar now you know you would be right
Straight as an arrow I sit here tonight
All my debts too heavy boys I cannot pay them down
I pawn my watch and take a walk down to the sea to drown

Oh you can't know the things I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family