Johnny Cash — Tom D
Confira a cifra completa de A Boy Named Sue no UkeMaster Pro.
[Verse 1]
[A]
My daddy left home when I was three
[D]
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
[E] [A]
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
[E] [A]
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue."
[Verse 2]
[A]
Well, he must o' thought that is quite a joke
[D]
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
[E] [A]
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
[A]
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
[D]
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
[E] [A]
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
[Verse 3]
[A]
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
[D]
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
[E] [A]
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
[A]
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
[D]
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
[E] [A]
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.
[Verse 4]
[A]
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
[D]
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
[E] [A]
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
[A]
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
[D]
There at a table, dealing stud,
[E] [A]
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."
[Verse 5]
[A]
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
[D]
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
[E] [A]
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
[A]
He was big and bent and gray and old,
[D]
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
[E] [A]
And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do!
Now you gonna die!!"
[Verse 6]
[A]
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
[D]
And he went down, but to my surprise,
[E] [A]
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
[A]
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
[D]
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
[E] [A]
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
[Verse 7]
[A]
I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
[D]
But I really can't remember when,
[E] [A]
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
[A]
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
[D]
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
[E] [A]
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.
[Verse 8]
[A]
And he said: "Son, this world is rough
[D]
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
[E] [A]
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
[A]
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
[D]
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
[E] [A]
And it's the name that helped to make you strong."
[Verse 9]
[A]
He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
[D]
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
[E] [A]
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
[A]
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
[D]
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
[E] [A]
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you "Sue.'"
[Verse 10]
[A]
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
[D]
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
[E] [A]
And I came away with a different point of view.
[A]
And I think about him, now and then,
[D]
Every time I try and every time I win,
[No Chords]
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
A (keep strumming)
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!