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The Wanderer.

by Johnny Cash · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

No bends322 notesHoles 2–5Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
I went out wan-der-ing,
Through the streets paved with gold
Lif-ted some stones,
saw the skin and bones,
Of a city with-out a soul
I went out wan-der-ing,
Un-der an a-tomic sky,
Where the ground won't turn,
And the rain it burns,
Like the tears when I said good-bye
Yeah, I went with no-thing,
Nothing but the thought of you
I went wan-dering
I went drif-ting
Through the capitals of tin
Where men can't walk,
Or free-ly talk,
And sons turn their fathers in,
I stopped outside a church house,
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the king-dom,
But they don't want God in it
I went out ri-ding,
Down that old eight lane,
I passed by a thousand signs,
Looking for my own name,
I went with no-thing,
But the thought you'd be there too,
Looking for you
I went out,
In search of experience
To taste and to touch,
And to feel as much,
As a man can
Before he repents
I went out searching
Looking for one good man
A spi-rit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his father's right hand
I went out walk-ing
With a bible and a gun
The word of God lay hea-vy in my heart,
I was sure I was the one,
Now Je-sus, don't you wait up,
Je-sus, I'll be home soon,
Yeah, I went out for the papers,
Told her I'd be back by noon,
Yeah, I left with no-thing
But the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you
Yeah, I left with no-thing,
Nothing but the thought of you,
I went wan-dering