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A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash
Key : Bb
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[Verse 1]
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A#       A#
 Well my daddy left home when
I was three
              D#
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
          F
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
A#
 Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
        D#
But the meanest thing that he ever did
      F                                  A#
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue."

[Verse 2]
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         A#
Well, he must o' thought that is quite a joke
       D#
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
F                                     A#
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
        D#
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
       F                                   A#
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."

[Verse 3]
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        A#
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
       D#
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
F                                     A#
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
D#
That I'd search the honkytonks and bars
    F
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

[Verse 4]
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A#            A#
 Well, it was Gatlinburg in midJuly
      D#
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
F                                     A#
 I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
D#
There at a table, dealing stud,
F                                      A#
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."

[Verse 5]
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        A#
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
       D#
From a wornout picture that my mother'd had,
      F                                            A#
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
      D#
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
      F
And I said: "My name is 'Sue!
A#
How do you do! Now your gonna die!!"

[Verse 6]
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        A#
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
   D#
And he went down, but to my surprise,
F                                                      A#
 He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
       D#
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
F
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

[Verse 7]
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A# A#
 I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
      D#
But I really can't remember when,
   F                                         A#
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
            D#
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
   F                                             A#
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

[Verse 8]
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                  A#
And he said: "Son, this world is rough
       D#
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
      F                                   A#
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
      D#                                        F                                       
I knew you'd have to get tough or die And it's the name that helped to make you strong.
A#

[Verse 9]
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              A#
He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
    D#
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
   F                                            A#
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
        D#
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
      F                                  A#
Cause I'm the sonofabitch that named you "Sue.'"

[Verse 10]
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A# | D# 
                          F
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
                                     A#
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came away with a different point of view.
                                           D#
And I think about him, now and then, Every time I try and every time I win,
F
 And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
                                    A#
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
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