The Wanderer Chords

by Johnny Cash
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author jocamero [a] 186.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 9, 2017

Chords

G
C
Em
D

Strumming

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This is for the song featuring U2.  The other one is in the wrong key.
 
G
I went out walking through the streets paved with gold
C
Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones
     G
Of a city without a soul
 
I went out walking under an atomic sky
         C
Where the ground wont turn and the rain it burns
        G
Like the tears when I said goodbye
 
   Em               C
Yeah I went with nothing
   G               D
Nothing but the thought of you
       Em         C    D    G
I went wandering
 
I went drifting through the capitals of tin
Where men cant walk
Or freely talk
And sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
But they dont want God in it
 
I went out riding
Down that ol eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
Looking for my own name
 
I went with nothing
But the thought youd be there too
Looking for you
 
I went out there
In search of experience
To taste and to touch
And to feel as much
As a man can
Before he repents
 
I went out searching, lookin for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his fathers right hand
I went out walking with a Bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one
Now jesus, dont you wait up
Jesus, Ill be home soon
Yeah I went out for the papers
Told her Id be back by noon
 
Yeah I left with nothing
But the thought youd be there too
Looking for you...
Yeah I left with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you...
I went wandering
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The Wanderer – Johnny Cash
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5 comments
DannyG1025
Good job. One comment: In the chorus, change to D on "you", not on "thought".
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brfrenc
Pretty good song and easy chords. You should put a a tab riff up for a second guitar. That'd be cool
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333orchestra
Works great also if you tune it down half a step. That is if you're following the Zooropa version from the U2 album.
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