SONG: BEFORE MY TIME ARTIST: JOHNNY CASH ALBUM: AMERICAN RECORDING III - SOLITARY MAN TAB BY: DON CZARSKI E-MAIL: guitarzan7@hotmail.com BEFORE MY TIME JOHNNY CASH INTRO: GUITAR 1 PLAYS THESE CHORDS FOR THE INTRO C G C G D G GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE FOLLOWING: E -------------------------------------------------| B -------------------------------------------------| G -------------------------------------------------| D ------2---4-5-5-2-----2--------------------------| A --5-5-------------5-5---3------5-2---------------| E -----------------------------3------5---5---3----| VERSE:

^GI KNOW THAT HEARTS WERE LOVING LONG B^DEFORE I WAS HERE AND I'M NOT THE FIRST TO EVER CRY IN MY B^GED OR IN MY BEER THERE WERE SO^CNGS BEFORE THERE WAS RADIO OF LO^GVE THAT STAYS AND L^EmOVE THAT GOES THEY WERE W^AmRITING MELONCHOLY TUNES AND TE^CARFUL WORDS THAT RH^DYME BEFORE MY T^GIME ^D BEFORE MY T^GIME

VERSE: THERE WERE SONGS IN OLD DUSTY BOOKS OF LOVE THATS ALWAYS BEEN SWEET LOVERS IN THEIR GLORY WHO ARE NOW GONE WITH THE WIND OLD FASHION LOVE WORDS SPOKEN THEN KEEP COMING BACK AROUND AGAIN NOTHINGS CHANGED EXCEPT THE NAMES THEIR LOVE BURNS JUST LIKE MINE BEFORE MY TIME BEFORE MY TIME BREAK:

AND ^CIN THE DIM OF YESTERDAY ^GI CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT FL^CESH AND BLOOD CRIED OUT TO SOMEONE ^GAS IT DOES IN ^DME AND THERE WAS S^GOME OLD SONG THAT SAID I L^COVE YOU 'TIL I DIE BEFORE MY T^GIME ^D BEFORE MY T^GIME

INSTRUMENTAL: GUITAR 1 PLAYS THESE CHORDS: C G C G D G GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE FOLLOWING: E -------------------------------------------------| B -------------------------------------------------| G -------------------------------------------------| D ------2---4-5-5-2-----2--------------------------| A --5-5-------------5-5---3------5-2---------------| E -----------------------------3------5---5---3----| VERSE: BUT WHAT THE OLD TIME MASTERS HAD IS WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU LOVE IS LOVE AND DOESN'T CHANGE IN A CENTURY OR TWO IF SOMEWAY THEY HAD SEEN AND KNEW HOW IT WOULD BE FOR ME AND YOU THEY'D WISH FOR LOVE LIKE YOURS AND THEY WOULD WISH FOR LOVE LIKE MINE BEFORE MY TIME BEFORE MY TIME OUTRO: G E --------------------|--------------3----| B --------------------|--------------3----| G --------------------|--------------4----| D --------------------|--------------5----| A ----5-2-------------|---- -2-3--5--5----| E --3------5--5-5--3--|--3-5---------3----| ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS E-MAIL ME AT: guitarzan7@hotmail.com P E A C C C

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Johnny Cash - Before my time