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Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose (the Full Song Correct) (Tab)
Submitter: macg1 (51) on 8/29/04 3 comments
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Give My Love To Rose
Johnny Cash
American IV:The Man Comes Around

Intro: a--0-2-3-4--4-4-3-2-0-(A)strum
For the A chord play the a string then strum. then the e string the strum. 
for E chord the same, but for the D, play
the d then strum, then the a, and then strum. in the e chord
sometimes you play the e string first then the a string.

VERSE 1;
  A                E                   A    
I found him by the railroad track this morning.
                 E                  TA 1
I could see that he was nearly dead.
D                             A     
I knelt down beside him and I listened.
        B7                              E    TA 2  
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said.

               A             E             A
2.He said they let me out of prison out in Frisco.
                          E                  A    TA 1 
  For ten long years I've payed for what I'd done.
        D                           A    
  I was trying to get back to Louisiana.
     E                              A    TA 1 
  To see my Rose and get to know my son.


CHORUS:
D                                     A       TA 3   
Give my love to Rose please won't you mister.
E                              A                            
Take her all my money tell her buy some pretty clothes.
TA 1 D                                 A 
     Tell my boy that Daddy's so proud of him.
TA 3 E*                                   A         
     And don't forget to give my love to Rose.

Solo: a--0-2-3-4--4-4-3-2-0-(A) strum


3.Won't you tell them I said thanks for waitin' for me
  Tell my boy to help his Mom at home
  Tell my Rose to try to find another.
  Cause it ain't right that she should live alone.

4.Mister here's the bag with all my money.
  It won't last them long the way it goes.
  God bless you for finding me this morning.
  Now don't forget to give my love to Rose.

Repeat Chorus

Last Line:
TA 3   E*              (strum chord slowly) TA 4   A
   And don't forget to give my love to     (pause) Rose.

TA= Turn around between chords.

TA 1= a--0-0-2-3| (a to d)
TA 2= e--0-2-3--| (e to a)
TA 3= e--3-2----| (a to e)
TA 4= a--4-3-2--| (outro e to a)

Each turn around leads into the bass note of the next chord that is played. Where 
there is a star next to the e chord,
that is where you play the bass note on the e string first
then the bass note on the a string.

I can also do this in C easily as I play the song in 'a' and
'c'. but the song actually is done in the key of a.
I have the original recording and the turnarounds are slightly different than the 
turnarounds on this version.

  
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I think it sounds good like this (tell me what you think)

A E7 A
I found him by the railroad track this morning

E7 A TA1
I could see that he was nearly Dead

D A
I knelt down beside him and I listened

B7 E TA2
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said

Somehow I figure that B7 fits in there, wether it has an E7 in front of it or not. Let me know though what you think. I love this song, but could never get it perfect though he does play it perfect!!!!
-wlc74 | 9/5/2004
Hey. ya i found that if u play it in d its easier to sing to Johnny Cash has a wondeful voice buts its really hard to hit the low notes, D,A,G, and E, and instead of playign the intro on the A string play it below it
-guitarpro45 | 9/10/2004
yes, it must be hard to hit those low notes. that's cool. that's what I always do if I have trouble hitting certain notes in certain songs, I transpose them to an easier key. Usually I have to transpose because the notes are too high for me to sing because, I have a deep singing voice. And to the first comment above, it might be right depending on if it's a different recording on the song. some of his songs, that he records numerous times, might be a little different. I played it in my head on how that would sound, and it works out, but I don't think he played it that way, though.

yeah, I ended up changing it to b7
-macg1 | 11/21/2004
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