A Boy Named Sue Chords by Johnny Cash
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 207
- Capo: no capo
PULSO FUERTE
A BOY NAMED SUE ACORDES
[Verse] Bb ■ Well my daddy left home when I was three Eb And he didn't leave much to ma and me F Bb Just this old guitar and a empty bottle of booze Bb Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid Eb But the meanest thing that he ever did F Bb Was before he left he went and named me Sue Bb Well he must've thought that it was quite a joke Eb And it got a lot of laughs from a lots of folks F7 Bb Seems I had to fight my whole life through Bb Some gal would giggle and I'd get red Eb And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head F7 Bb I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue Bb Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean Eb My fist got hard and my wits got keen F Bb Roamed from town to town to hide my shame Bb But I made me a vow to the moon and stars Eb I'd search the honkytonks and bars F Bb And kill that man that give me that awful name Bb Well it was Gatlinburg in midJuly Eb And I just hit town and my throat was dry F F7 Bb I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew ■ Bb At an old saloon on a street of mud Eb There at a table dealin' stud F Bb Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [Chorus] Bb Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad Eb From a wornout picture that my mother'd had F And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye Bb He was big and bent and gray and old Eb And I looked at him and my blood ran cold F Bb And I said My name is Sue How do you do Bb Now you gonna die Bb Yeah that's what I told him [Verse] Bb Well I hit him hard right between the eyes Eb And he went down but to my surprise F F7 F Bb Come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear Bb But I busted a chair right across his teeth Eb And we crashed through the wall and into the street F Bb Kickin' and agougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer Bb I tell ya I've fought tougher men Eb But I really can't remember when F F7 Bb He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile ■ Bb I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss Eb And he went for his gun and I pulled mine first F Bb He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile Bb And he said Son Bb This world is rough Bb And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough Bb And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along Bb So I give you that name and I said goodbye Eb I knew you'd have to get tough or die F Bb And it's that name that helped to make you strong Bb Yeah he said Now you just fought one hell of a fight Eb And I know you hate me and you got the right F F7 F Bb To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do Eb Bb But you oughtta thank me before I die Eb For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye F7 Bb 'cause I'm the that named you Sue [Chorus] Eb Yeah what could I do What could I do F I got all choked up and I threw down my gun F7 Bb Called him my pa and he called me his son Bb And I come away with a different point of view Bb And I think about him now and then Eb F Every time I try and every time I win ■ F And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him F Bill or George Anything but Sue I still hate that name F All right thank you very much Bb Just before I ask the Statler Brothers to come back out we'd like to ask the Carter Family and Carl to help us out on a fine scripture Bb Look we got a lot of requests to do 'Peace in the Valley'