Waymore's Blues chords and lyrics

- Johnny Cash

Chords: E G A A7

Music Key: E major

Tempo: 174 BPM

Lyrics length: 212 words

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Release date: 2020-06-26

Intro

Verse 1

Early one morning it was drizzling rain,
Round the curve comes the Memphis train,
Heard somebody holler, and a million more,
The King is dead, but Lord he still ain't gone

Chorus 1

But he still ain't gone, But he still ain't gone,
(My god my god he still ain't gone)

Verse 2

If you wanna get to heaven, gotta DIE.
You got to put on your coat and your TIE
If you wanna catch a rabbit in an LOG,
You gotta make a commotion like a DOG

Chorus 2

Like a D-OG, Like a D-OG (oh yes, just like a D-OG)

Verse 3

Good Lord have mercy, what's the matter with me?
What makes me wanna love every woman I see?
I'm rating one another, I'm rating, again,
Everyone I see looks like the place I came
in looks like the place I came in
Looks like the place I came in (the place I came in)

Solo

Verse 4

Lord, I got my name printed on my shirt,
I ain't no ordinary dude 'cos I don't have to work I just got to town
And I'm gone, again,
But it's a different track, but it's the same oldtrain

Chorus 3

It's the same oldtrain,
It's the same oldtrain, (oh god, my god it's the same oldtrain)

Outro

Fun fact

”Waymore's Blues” was written by the legendary Waymore Jennings, first released in 1975 as part of his album ”Dreaming My Dreams”.

In this version, we get an iconic collaboration, where Johnny Cash sings together with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins!

This is a standard three chord country/blues song, but they also use a G major chord - even though the song is in the key of E. The G major chord is not found naturally in the diatonic E major scale, but it sounds great in this intro, adding some extra ”blues” to the track. In the intro, they switch back and forth from the E major to the G major, which sets up the song in a cool way! Let’s play!

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