Johnny Cash – Redemption Day (Guitar)

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Artist: Johnny Cash Song: Redemption Day Album: American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave [Intro] Am [Verse]
Am
I've wept for those who suffer long

Am
But how I weep for those who've gone

Am
In rooms of grief and questioned wrong

Am          D       Am
But keep on killing

Am
It's in the soul to feel such things

Am
But weak to watch without speaking

Am
Oh, what mercy sadness brings

Am        D        Am
If God be willing
[Chorus]
Am         C
There is a train that's heading straight

C           Am   F            C
To Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate

C
And on the way child and man

C         Am  F           D
And woman wait, watch and wait

D              Am
For redemption day
[Verse]
Am
Fire rages in the streets

Am
And swallows everything it meets

Am
It's just an image often seen

Am     D       Am
On television

Am
Come leaders, come ye men of great

Am
Let us hear you pontificate

Am
Your many virtues laid to waste

Am            D          Am
And we aren't listening
[Chorus]
Am         C
There is a train that's heading straight

C           Am   F            C
To Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate

C
And on the way child and man

C         Am  F           D
And woman wait, watch and wait

D              Am
For redemption day
[Bridge]
D           C                F
What do you have for us today

D          C                 Am
Throw us a bone but save the plate

D         C                 F
Oh why we waited till so late

F                        D
Was there no oil to excavate

D                          F
No riches in trade for the fate

F                           D
Of every person who died in hate

D                           Am
Throw us a bone, you men of great
[Chorus]
Am         C
There is a train that's heading straight

C           Am   F            C
To Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate

C
And on the way child and man

C         Am  F           D
And woman wait, watch and wait

D              Am
For redemption day
[Outro]
D           C             F
It's buried in the countryside

D         C                Am
Exploding in the shells of night

D         C            F
It's everywhere a baby cries

F         D  F         D  Am
Freedom......Freedom......Freedom