The Man Comes Around Chords

ARTIST: Johnny Cash
SONG: "The Man Comes Around"
ALBUM: [American IV - The Man Comes Around]
Tabbed by: Tripper511
Difficulty: Easy
Notes: Revised version of Micheal Edsall_Cruz Tab.  Lyrics, notes, note timing and layout fixed.
 
TUNING: Standard Tuning - EADGBe.
[CHORDS]
          EADGBe
C/G      (332010)
Am       (x02210)
F        (133211)
G        (320033)
C        (032010)
Cadd4    (x32013)
Em       (022000)
 
*C/G is played as an alternating palm muted chord.
 
STRUMMING PATTERN: For palm muted C/G there is no palm mute
on first down stroke then palm muted for the rest: D--D--U-D-U-
 
   C/G P.M.                        Am            F      G     C/G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------3---2----0-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
....a golden ladder reaching down
 
  C/G P.M.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
     The hairs on your arm...
 
  C/G P.M.                       Am              F      G     C/G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------3---2---0------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
....into the potter's ground
 
    C                            G
e|---------------------------3-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------0-----------------------------------|
D|----------0--2---3---2-----0-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------------------|
...marching to the big kettledrum....
 
                                       C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------0---2---3------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
...it's alpha and omega's kingdom come.
 
      [OPENING SPOKEN LYRICS:]
N.C.
"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder
 One of the four beasts saying,
'Come and see.' and I saw, and behold a white horse"
 
[Verse 1]
C/G
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
C/G
And he decides who to free and who to blame
C/G
Everybody won't be treated all the same
C/G                                      Am
There'll be a golden ladder reachin' down
  F      G          C/G
When the man comes around
 
C/G
The hairs on your arm will stand up
C/G
At the terror in each sip and in each sup
C/G
will you partake of that last offered cup
C/G                                   Am
Or disappear onto the potter's ground?
  F      G          C/G
When the man comes around
 
[CHORUS 1]
C                                Cadd4
Hear the trumpets hear the pipers
C                                  Cadd4
One hundred million angels singin'
C                                        G
Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum
 
G
Voices callin', voices cryin'
G
Some are born and some are dyin'
G                                  C
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
 
          F                 C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
        C/G
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
         F              C
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
        C/G
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
 
[Verse 2]
C/G
Till armageddon no shalam, no shalom
C/G
Then the father hen will call his chickens home
C/G
The wise men will bow down before the throne
C/G                                             Am
And at his feet they'll cast their golden crowns
  F      G          C/G
When the man comes around
 
C/G
Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
C/G
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
C/G
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
C/G                                  Am
Listen to the words long written down
  F      G          C/G
When the man comes around
 
[CHORUS 2]
C                                 Cadd4
Hear the trumpets hear the pipers
C                                 Cadd4
One hundred million angels singin'
C                                        G
Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum
 
G
Voices callin', voices cryin'
G
Some are born and some are dyin'
G                                  C
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
 
          F                 C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
         C/G
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
         F              C
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
C/G
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
 
[Verse 3]
C/G                                      Am
In measured hundredweight and penny pound
  F      G          C/G
When the man comes around
 
[Ending]
C/G P.M.
Em  C
 
        [ENDING SPOKEN LYRICS:]
N.C.
"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
N.C.
 And I looked, and behold a pale horse
 And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him
 
 
 
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| PM Palm mute
 
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