Johnny Cash - Hank And Joe And Me guitar chord

HANK AND JOE AND ME

J.Cash

Recorded 3/12/59, Nashville, TN

Album: Songs Of Our Soil

Key: C# / Capo: 1st / Play: C

INTRO: C Am C Am C G C

VERSE:

C G

In the desert where we search for gold

C G

The days are hot the nights are cold

F C

Hank and Joe and me walked on

G C

So bold and brave and free

For days and days we fought the heat

I got so thirsty and I got so weak

And when I fell cause I couldn't go

I heard Hank say to Joe

CHORUS:

C G C

He's dying (dying, dying) for water

C G C

Hear him crying (crying, crying) for water

C Am

We'll lay him down in the dust and sand

Am C Am

He said Joe you know he's a dying man

C Am

Leave him there and let him die

C G C

I can't stand to hear him cry for water

VERSE:

I don't remember how long I lay

But when I awoke it was the break of day

Buzzards circled miles ahead

I knew Hank and Joe were dead

My eyes were dim but I could see

A bed of gold nuggets under me

Now I know that it won't be long

Till they decorate my bones

CHORUS:

Cause I'm dying (dying, dying) for water

Can't stop crying (crying, crying) for water

Well they laid me down in the dust and sand

He said Joe you know he's a dying man

Leave him there and let him die

I can't stand to hear him cry for water

C G C

They couldn't stand to hear me cry for water