Johnny Cash – The Reverend Mr Black (Guitar)
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The Reverend Mr. Black / Lonesome Valley (Medley)
From the album "The Baron" (1981) by Johnny Cash
[Intro]
N.C.
He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and lean
N.C.
And at first you'd a thought nothing but a streak of mean
N.C.
Could make a man look so down right strong
N.C.
But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong
[Verse 1]
C He was a mountain of a man and I want you to know G C He could preach hot hell or freezin' snow F C He carried a Bible in a canvas sack G C And everybody called him The Reverend Mr. Black F C He was poor as a beggar but he rode like a king G C Sometimes in the evening, I can hear him sing
[Chorus]
C F C I gotta walk that lonesome valley G C I gotta walk it by myself F C There ain't nobody here can walk it for me C G C F C I gotta walk it by myself
[Verse 2]
C If ever I could have thought this man in black G C Was soft and had any yellow up his back F C I gave that notion up the very day G C A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray
[Verse 3]
C He kicked open the meeting house door G C And he cussed everybody up and down the floor F C Then, when things got quiet all over the place G C He walked up and cusses in the preacher's face
[Verse 4]
D He hit that reverend like a kick of a mule A D And to my way of thinkin' it took a real fool G D To turn the other cheek to that lumberjack A D But that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. Black
[Verse 5]
D He stood like a rock, a man among men A D And then he let that lumberjack hit him again G D And then with a voice as kind as could be A D D He cut him down like a big oak tree, when he said
[Chorus]
D G D You gotta walk that lonesome valley A D D7 You gotta walk it by yourself G D There ain't nobody here can walk it for you D A D G D You gotta walk it by yourself
[Verse 6]
D Well, it's been many years since we had to part A D And I guess I learned all his ways by heart G D Just I can still hear his sermon's ring A D Down in the valley where he used to sing
[Chorus]
D G D You gotta walk that lonesome valley A D D7 You gotta walk it by yourself G D There ain't nobody here can walk it for you D A D G D You gotta walk it by yourself D G D You gotta walk that lonesome valley A D D7 You gotta walk it by yourself G D There ain't nobody here can walk it for you D A D G D You gotta walk it by yourself