Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around guitar chord

The Man Comes Around

By Johnny Cash

Intro spoken:

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

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There's a man goin' round takin' names

And he decides who to free and who to blame

Everybody won't be treated all the same

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There'll be a golden ladder reaching down

G C

When the man comes around

The hairs on your arm will stand up

At the terror in his sip and in his sup

Will you partake of that last offered cup

Or disappear into the potters' ground

When the man comes around

Chorus:

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Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers

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One hundred million angels singing

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Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum

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Voices calling voices crying

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Some are born and some of dying

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It's Alpha and Omega's kingdome come

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And the whirlwind is in the thorntree

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And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

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The whirlwind is in the thorntree

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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks

'Till Armageddon no shalam no shalome

Then the father-hen will call his chickens home

The wise men will bow down before the throne

And at his feet they'll cast their golden crowns

When the man comes around

Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still

Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still

Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still

Listen to the words long written down

When the man comes around

Chorus

C Am F

In measured hundredweight and pennypound

G C

When the man comes around