This is a fantastically dark song. It has the feel of an evil circus. If there is a
hell, they play this song in hell and the people of hell enjoy it.
To create the waltzy quality, alternate the bass note with the note on the same fret a
string below. For the Em in the verse, use the fifth string bar chord on the seventh fret.
[Bm]Born to a good father[Em] I have no excuse
[F#]I could say I blame someone but wha[Bm]t would be the use
[Bm]When I learn to travel now is w[Em]hen I learn to steal
To rid[F#]e without a ticket now a[Bm]long the lin[F#]es of steel[Bm]
[E]Oh you don't know the thin[A]gs I have seen
[D]Twenty years out [D7]on the road with the J[G]ohnson Family[F#]
[E]Oh you don't know the ca[A]ges I have seen
[D]Twenty years in[D7] and out of the [G]Johnson Family[F#]
I'd harnessed stones and took them to the fence
I found my heart by moved the shop and always made the rent
When I met old George now he showed me to the box
Fresh out the night oh from the day now the money never stops
Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
In and out over the years of the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the troubles I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
Call me a thief and a liar now you know you would be right
Straight as an arrow I sit here tonight
All my debts too heavy boys I cannot pay them down
I pawn my watch and take a walk down to the sea to drown
Oh you can't know the things I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
hell, they play this song in hell and the people of hell enjoy it.
To create the waltzy quality, alternate the bass note with the note on the same fret a
string below. For the Em in the verse, use the fifth string bar chord on the seventh fret.
[Bm]Born to a good father[Em] I have no excuse
[F#]I could say I blame someone but wha[Bm]t would be the use
[Bm]When I learn to travel now is w[Em]hen I learn to steal
To rid[F#]e without a ticket now a[Bm]long the lin[F#]es of steel[Bm]
[E]Oh you don't know the thin[A]gs I have seen
[D]Twenty years out [D7]on the road with the J[G]ohnson Family[F#]
[E]Oh you don't know the ca[A]ges I have seen
[D]Twenty years in[D7] and out of the [G]Johnson Family[F#]
I'd harnessed stones and took them to the fence
I found my heart by moved the shop and always made the rent
When I met old George now he showed me to the box
Fresh out the night oh from the day now the money never stops
Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
In and out over the years of the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the troubles I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
Call me a thief and a liar now you know you would be right
Straight as an arrow I sit here tonight
All my debts too heavy boys I cannot pay them down
I pawn my watch and take a walk down to the sea to drown
Oh you can't know the things I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
Oh you can't know the cages I have seen
Twenty years out on the road with the Johnson Family
