The Ghost of Johnny Cash by Shawn Mullins

Acoustic version from KINK.FM video
Key: A
Standard Tuning (I think the studio version is in F# and uses an alternate
tuning. I liked this version since Shawn transposed it into standard 
tuning, which makes it easier to play live and it loses none of the 
character of the studio version)

Am (x02210@1)                              GI (320003@1)woke up in a cold sweat, from a dream at 3am, 
      D/F# (200232@1)                                     FI (133211@1)was driftin' on a sea of shadows; the rain was whippin' in the wind 
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)              D/F#I (200232@1)saw a man dressed all in black, reach out and take the helm, 
       F (133211@1)                      E (022100@1)             AmAnd (x02210@1)he charted us a course, out into the spirit realm.

Am (x02210@1)                  GI (320003@1)can taste the salt; feel the blisters on my hand 
D/F# (200232@1)                             FAs (133211@1)I'm pulling at the ores, rowing on to glory land, 
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)               D/F#And (200232@1)sitting in the stern, singin' hymns and talkin' trash 
Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)      D/F# (200232@1)     F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)       AmIs (x02210@1)my broken guardian angel, the ghost of Johnny Cash.

Am (x02210@1)                                   GWell, (320003@1)Johnny's quoting from the bible, while I'm trying to steer this leaky craft, 
D/F# (200232@1)                                 FAnd (133211@1)his familiar voice reminds me that I'm man who's cut in half, 
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)            D/F#His (200232@1)tarnished halo slips and shines, as the raging billows crash, 
        Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)          F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)I'm riding out the deluge with the ghost of Johnny Cash

Chorus:
     G (320003@1)               
Some sinners need their saints to be survivors of the fall, 
     Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)                 D/F# (200232@1)         E (022100@1)Cuz' when you're down here on your knees, most angels look to tall, 
   Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)         D/F# (200232@1)          FSo (133211@1)I'll just live this life out dust to dust and ash to ash, 
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)         F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AmWith (x02210@1)my guide from the other side the ghost of Johnny Cash,

Interlude:
Am, G, D/F#, F, Am

Am (x02210@1)                            GYou (320003@1)gotta' stand for something, cuz' when you're gone your gone 
D/F# (200232@1)                             F (133211@1)The devil lost a lot of souls when Johnny put that black suit on, 
      Am (x02210@1)                  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)             D/F# (200232@1)He's still flipping off the Pharacies and laughing at old scratch 
         Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)      D/F# (200232@1)      F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AmWhile (x02210@1)he haunts the halls of heaven, the ghost of Johnny Cash

Chorus:
     G (320003@1)               
Some sinners need their saints to be survivors of the fall, 
     Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)                 D/F# (200232@1)         E (022100@1)Cuz' when you're down here on your knees, most angels look to tall, 
   Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)         D/F# (200232@1)   FSo (133211@1)I'll just live this life out dust to dust and ash to ash, 
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)         F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)     AmWith (x02210@1)my guide from the other side the ghost of Johnny Cash,

Am (x02210@1)                      G (320003@1)              D/F# (200232@1)          FYeah, (133211@1)I'll just live this life out dust to dust and ash to ash 
          Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)          F (133211@1)E (022100@1)            AmUntil (x02210@1)I'm raisin' hell in heaven with the ghost of Johnny Cash