Ballad Of Barbara Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

[INTRO]
[A]

[VERSE]
[A]In a southern town where I was born
[A]That's where I g[E]ot my edu[A]cation
[A]I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods
[A]And I wondered [E]at [A]creation

[A]I recall the sun in a sky of blue
[A]And the smell of [E]green things [A]growin'
[A]And I lived everyday and I lived anyway
[A]Anyway the [E]wind was [A]blowin'

[A]But then I heard of a cultured city life
[A]Breath-takin' [E]lofty s[A]teeples
[A]And the day I called myself a man
[A]I left my [E]land and my [A]people

[VERSE 2]
[D]And I rambled North and I rambled East
[D]And I tested [A]and I [D]tasted
[D]And a girl or two took me round and round
[D]But always [A]left me [D]wasted

[D]In a world that saw concrete and steel
[D]With nothin' [A]green ever [D]growin'
[D]Where the buildings hide the rising sun
[D]And stop the [A]free wind from [D]blowin'

[D]Where they sleep all day and they wake all night
[D]To a world of d[A]rink and [D]laughter
[D]I met that girl that I thought would be
[D]The one that [A]I was [D]after

[VERSE 3]
[A]In a soft blue gown and a formal tux
[A]Beneath that [E]lofty [A]steeple
[A]He said do you Barbra take this man
[A]Will you be one [E]of his [A]people

[A]And she said I will and she said I do
[A]And the world looked [E]mighty [A]pretty
[A]And we lived in a fancy downtown flat
[A]Cause she loved the [E]noisy [A]city

[A]Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky
[A]And I longed for g[E]reen t[A]hings growin'
[A]And I talked of home and my people there
[A]But she'd not ag[E]ree to [A]goin'

[VERSE 4]
[E]Then her hazel eyes turned away from me
[E]With a look that wa[B]sn't very [E]pretty
[E]And she turned into concrete and steel
[E]And she said I t[B]ake the [E]city

[VERSE 5]
[A]Now the cars go by on the interstate
[A]And my pack is [E]on my s[A]houlder
[A]And I'm goin' home where I belong
[A]Much wiser [E]now and o[A]lder