Johnny Cash – Face Of Despair (Guitar)

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Such a great song. Pick the bass note for each chord :) [Verse 1]
C                       G     G7                C
Fingers callus from the plough wrinkled weather beating brow

                 F
Streak of silver in the hair

C Am F G
mhmmmmmm

        C

[Verse 2]

[tab]C                       G
A back that's bent from years of toil

G7                 C
thorns grow in the worn out soil

               F
No one left to really care

C Am F G
mmmmmnhm

        C
face of despair
[Verse 3]
                         Am                F               G
If you should plough old fields like these you'd plough up memories

C                       Am
Don't tell the young to mend their ways

D                   D7
you can't show them better days

C                     G         G7                    C
Their better days are yet ahead your better days have long been dead

                  F
Rest easy in your rocking chair

C   Am                   F         G
mhm and look out at your September country

        C
Face of despair
[Verse 4]
C               G
Shoulders weary from the load

G7                 C
life is rough as a gravel road

               F
How much of it can you bear

C   Am           F         G
mhm look at your September country

        C
face of despair
[Verse 5]
C                G
In the September of your years

G7               C
eyes that hide a veil of tears

                  F
A look of longing always there

C Am F G
mhmmmmmmm

        C
face of despair
[Verse 6]
                         Am                F               G
If you should plough old fields like these you'd plough up memories

C                       Am
Don't tell the young to mend their ways

D                   D7
you can't show them better days

C                     G         G7                    C
Their better days are yet ahead your better days have long been dead

                  F
Rest easy in your rocking chair

C Am                 F                 G
mhm and look at your September country mhmm

        C
Face of despair
mhmmmmm [Verse 7]
                         Am                F               G
If you should plough old fields like these you'd plough up memories

C                        Am
Don't tell the young to mend their ways

D                   D7
you can't show them better days

C                     G         G7                    C
Their better days are yet ahead your better days have long been dead

                  F
Rest easy in your rocking chair 

C          Am               F                 G
mhm and what you're looking at now thats your september country

        C
Face of despair