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Ring Of Fire Tab

by Johnny Cash
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Mississippi Fingerstyle version: simple acoustic mix with rhythm, melody and harmony in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author MississippiHans [pro] 33,344. Last edit on Dec 15, 2018
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Title:  Ring Of Fire
Artist: Johnny Cash
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Capo:  0
Tempo: Q=100
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the E bass string (6th) 2nd fret with your left-hand thumb (wrap around).
Emphasise the melody notes.
 
[Verse]
   G                       C         G                                                         D7
E|-------------------------0-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3---------------------------1---|-3-------------------------------|-0-----------------------1-------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------2---|
D|---------0-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-------------------------3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
   Love            is  a   bur-ning  thing,                  and it    makes                a  firery
The Taste              of  love is   sweet                       when  hearts               like ours
 
   G                                                         C         G
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-3---------------------------1---|-3-------------------------------|
G|-0-------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------0-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------2---------------2-------|-------------------------3-------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
   ring.                             Bound               by  wild de-  sire                        I
   meet                        I     fell for you            like a    child,                   
 
   G                       D7        G
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0-----------------------1-------|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------2---|-0-------------------------------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------2---------------2-------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
   fell                    into a    ring of fire.
   Oh,                 the fire went wild.
 
[Chorus 1]
   D                                 C               G                 D
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2-------2---2---|-0---0---0---0-------------------|-----------------2-------2---2---|
D|-0-------4-----------------------|---------2-------2---0-------0---|-0-------4-----------------------|
A|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-3-----------------------2-------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
E|-2---------------2---------------|-----------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------|
   I       fell    in-     to  a     bur-ning ring of fi-re, I   went  down    down    down    and the
 
   C               G                                                           D       G
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-0---0---0---0-------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2---0-------0---|-----------------0-------0-------|---------------------0-------0---|
A|-3-----------------------2-------|---------2-----------------------|-----2---3---0---2---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|-3-------------------------------|-3-----------------------3-------|
   flames  went    higher, and it    burns   burns   burns,                the ring of fi- re,  
 
           D       G
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-------0---|
A|-----2---3---0-------------------|
E|-3---------------3-------3-------|
       the ring of fire. 
 
[Chorus 2]
   D                                 C               G                 D
E|---------2-------5-------5---5---|-3---3---3---3---0---------------|---------2-------5-------5---5---|
B|-3-------------------------------|---------------------3-------3---|-3-------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-----------|---------------------------------|-----2-------2-------2-----------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
   I       fell    in-     to  a     bur-ning ring of fi-re, I   went  down    down    down    and the   
 
   C               G                                                           D       G
E|-3---3---3---3---0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------3-------3---|---------0-------3---------------|-----0---1-------0---3-----------|
G|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-------------2---------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
   flames  went    higher, and it    burns   burns   burns,                the ring of fi- re, 
 
           D       G
E|---------------------------------|-------------|
B|-----0---1-----------------------|-0-----------|
G|-------------2---0---------------|-0-----------|
D|---------0-----------0-------0---|-0-----------|
A|-------------------------2-------|-------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3-----------|
       the ring of fire. 
 
 
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