Johnny Cash – Goin By The Book (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am [Verse 1]
Am                                   C             D  Am
You can see it in the movies, in the paper and the TV news.

Am                C      D      Am
Sombody's army is always on the move.

Am                             C                               D
There's gonna be a battle, the lines have been drawn, they got guns and

          Am
tanks and planes.

A                               C                       D           Am
The wells have gone dry and the water is bad and in the air is acid rain.
[Verse 2]
Am                        C         D            Am
There's war after war and rumors of war from the East.

Am                                           C         D       Am
There's a rumblin' in the ground and they're talkin' about the beast

Am                          C                        D                 Am
Good mothers cry 'cause the rivers run high with the blood of too many sons.

Am                       C                  D                 Am
Some people say peace is on the way but the worst is still to come.
[Chorus]
Am                                     C
'cause the prophets wrote about it and Jesus spoke about it and

D                  Am
John got to take a look.

Am                                  C           D                  Am
And he told us what he saw and it's easy to see, it's goin' by the book

Am
It's goin' by the book.
[Guitar and Brass Solo] Am C D Am (x2), Am [Verse 3]
Am                                    C              D         Am
There's armies in the cities and the missiles stand ready for flight.

Am                          C      D        Am
A pale horse rides like the wind across the night.

Am                                   C
And that rumblin' in the desert like thunder gettin' closer,

        D                         Am
are the trumpets gettin' ready to blow?

Am                                 C
There's gonna be a shout that will wake the dead,

     D                  Am
we'd better be ready to go.
[Chorus]
Am                                     C
'cause the prophets wrote about it and Jesus spoke about it and

D                  Am
John got to take a look.

Am                                  C           D                  Am
And he told us what he saw and it's easy to see, it's goin' by the book

Am
It's goin' by the book.
[Outro]
Am
It's goin' by the book.
(Repeat and fade)