Tabbed by Patrik Persson



Tuning ? step down (Eb)

Main riff played throughout the whole song (note that only the four middle strings are strummed):
A - Bm - D
 
The picking part:

       A           Bm           D
eb | ------------------------------------------------------------- | 
Bb | -------2-----------3-----------3-------3--------------------- | 
F# | ---------2-----------4-------2---2---2---2------------------- | 
C# | -----2-----------4---------0-------0------------------------- | 
G# | ---0-----------2--------------------------------------------- | 
Eb | ------------------------------------------------------------- | 


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A (chords)       Bm     D
jah didn't kill johnny 

( D )     
he had a date with death

         A          Bm
it was a slow train coming

          D
and we've all got a train to catch

    A               Bm              D                        A
but lord, take your filthy claws off the rest of my friends.

           Bm        D
that is, of course, if they ain't already dead.

A (pick)  Bm       D
i make no demands. i just made amends.

          A                 Bm    
i made my bed and i'mma lie in it

             D                                    A        Bm   D
but before i die...please...don't take any more of my friends

                         A         Bm
please don't take any more of my friends.

      D
life is easy.

A (chords)            Bm        D
the smoke didn't kill johnny. the drink didn't kill johnny.

A                  Bm       D
the junk didn't kill johnny. and the women didn't kill johnny.

         A             Bm
was it the road? i don't know.

          D
was it rock and roll? i don't think so.

    A       Bm   D                              A (pick)  Bm   D
but god. god. god...would never...kill...johnny cash.

              A      Bm   D
he had a train to catch

               A      Bm   D
he had a date with death

                       A       Bm
and we've all got a train to catch

        D                A... (Progress the chords and fade out)
life is easy. holler at ya boy. life is easy.


 |  /  slide up
 |  \  slide down
 B  hammer-on
 |  p  pull-off
 |  ~  vibrato
 |  +  harmonic
 |  x  Mute note