Johnny Cash - The Reverend Mr. Black: Guitar Chords
Learn to play 'The Reverend Mr. Black' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn The Reverend Mr. Black Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Johnny Cash
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'The Reverend Mr. Black' smoothly on your guitar.
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He rode easy in the saddle he was tall and lean
And at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean
Could make a man look so down right strong
But one look in his eyes and you know you was wrong
C
He was a mountain of a man and I want you to know
G7 C
He could preach hot hell in freezing snow
F C
He carried a Bible in a canvas sack
G7 C
And folks just 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'd hear him sing
Chorus:
C F C G7 C
I gotta walk that lonesome valley I gotta to walk it by myself
F C G7 C
Oh nobody else can walk it for me I got to walk it by myself
If ever I could have thought this man in black
Was soft and had any yellow up his back
I gave that notion up the day
A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray
Yeah he kicked open the meeting house door
And he cussed everybody up and down the floor
Then when things got quiet in the place
He walked up and cusses in the preacher's face
He hit that Reverend like a kick of a mule
And to my way of thinking it took a pure fool
To turn the other cheek to that lumber jack
But that's what he did The Reverend Mr. Black
He stood like a rock a man among men
And he let that lumberjack hit him again
And then with a voice as quiet as could be
He cut him down like a big oak tree when he said
Chorus:
You gotta walk that lonesome valley you gotta to walk it by yourself
Oh nobody else can walk it for you you got to walk it by yourself
It's been many years since we had to part
And I guess I learned his ways by heart
I can still hear his sermon's ring
Down in the valley where he used to sing
I followed him yes sir and I don't regret it
And I hope I will always be a credit to his memory
Cause I want you to understand
The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man
Chorus:
I gotta walk that lonesome valley I gotta to walk it by myself
Oh nobody else can walk it for me I got to walk it by myself
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