Johnny Cash – The Baron (Guitar)

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Wish I had a-known ya

     F                 C
When you were a little younger

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Around me you might have learned a thing or two

C
If I had known you longer

    Am                C
You might be a little stronger

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And maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do

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Maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do

      Am                                  D
As he walked into the poolroom, you could tell he didn't fit

       C                                 E
In his handmade boots, custom suits, and pearl handled shooting stick

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Tonight there'd be a showdown, then everyone would know

    C                                    E
Who shoots the meanest game around - The Baron or Billy Joe

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Billy Joe looked edgy, about to lose his cool

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But the Baron's hands were steady, as the two began to duel

      Am                         D
Yeah, he was like a general on a battlefield of slate

         C                     E
And he'd say to Billy Joe each time he sunk the eight

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He'd say...

C
Wish I had a-known ya

     F                 C
When you were a little younger

       Am                                   C
Around me you might have learned a thing or two

C
If I had known you longer

    F                 C
You might be a little stronger

    Am                C                   Am G F
And maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do

F                 G                   C
Maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do

    Am                           D
Now Billy Joe was busted, but he hadn't felt the sting

    C                                 E
And from the far end of the table, he threw his mother's wedding ring

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And he said "you won my money, but it ain't gonna do the trick

     C                              E
I'll bet this ring on one more game against your fancy stick"

    Am                            D
The Baron's eyes got foggy as the ring rolled on the felt

       C                                    E
And he almost doubled over like he had been hit below the belt

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Twenty years ago, it was the ring his wife had worn

       C                                 E
And he didn't know before he left that a son would soon be born

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It sounded just like thunder when the Baron shot the break

       C                        E
But it grew thickly quiet as he lined up the eight

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Then a warm hand touched his shoulder and it chilled him to the bone

        C                                E
When he turned and saw the woman who had loved him for so long

    Am                           D
The game was never finished; the eight ball never fell

    C                             E
The Baron calmly picked it up and put it on the shelf

        Am                                D
Then he placed the ring in the hands that held him long ago

       C                                       E
And he tossed that fancy shooting stick to his son Billy Joe

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And he said...

C
Wish I had a-known ya

     F                 C
When you were a little younger

       Am                                   C
Around me you might have learned a thing or two

C
If I had known you longer

    F                 C
You might be a little stronger

    Am                C                   Am G F
And maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do

F                 G                   C
Maybe you'd shoot straighter than you do