This is a Cover of the Johnny Cash song that Father John Misty has done for the short film "Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars (With Brandon Flowers, Father John Misty & Local Natives)" produced by La Blogotheque (you can check it on Youtube to get the feel of the song.) The lyrics of the songs are a bit different because the song is originally a duet and not sung solo. I'm not putting any specific riffs that Father John Misty is doing in that video. Try your own things, play around with the scale of C, check the strumming pattern. The song is quite easy to play so it leaves plenty of room for immagination :) If anyone can put the tab for the 2nd guitar with the slide in the comments, that'd be great. These chords in the cover are played in this way but you'll get the same sound with the regular chord forms: C (Capo on 2) 332010 G (Capo on 2) 300033 F (Capo on 2) x33210 edit: The Bdim chord is played like this (Capo on 2) x2313x Capo 2 Verse:

^CIf I drove a truck ^FAnd you were a waitress ^CI ordered coffee And you poured me ^Gsome Then ^FI'd stop by on my ^Cway somewhere later

And if we mud-wrestled

I'd ^Gsay that you ^Cwon ^Bdim Chorus: Ai-eeee-ay my ^Cbaby, ride easy, ride ^Emhigh in the saddle all ^Gday If your ^Cloving is ^Fgood ^GOften ^Ceasy I'd fall off the ^Fwagon and ^Gwe'll..... ri^G7de aw^Cay

C Em F Am G C Verse:

If you were a pale ^Fwinsome senorita And ^CI a bull-fighter, way down in the ^Gsand While the ^Fband they kept on playing that ^COld Caso Dore

Would you throw me a flower

While ^GI take your ^Chand? ^Bdim Chorus 2: Ai-eeee-ay my ^Cbaby, ride easy, ride ^Emhigh in the saddle all ^Gday If your ^Cloving is ^Fgood ^GFreaky ^Ceasy I'd fall off the ^Fwagon and ^Gwe'll..... well we'll ri^G7de aw^Cay

C Em F Am G C Verse: If I ran the country

^FYou my first lady ^CSmoke cigarettes at the end of the ^Gday And ^Fspy on civilians and put ^Cbrown folks in prison If your ^Cdad's got some money I ^Gthink I can ^Crun ^Bdim

Chorus 3:

Ai-eeee-ay my ^Cbaby, ride easy, ride ^Emhigh in the saddle all ^Gday If your ^Cloving is ^Fgood ^GFrequent and ^Ceasy I'd fall off the ^Fwagon and ^Gwe'll..... ri^G7de aw^Cay

C Em F Am G C

Father John Misty - Baby ride easy