Johnny Cash - Papa was a good man

^CIt rained all the way to Cinci^G7nnati With our mattress on top of the ^Ccar Us kids were eatin' crackers and ba^G7loney And papa kept on drivin' never stopped once at a ^Cbar

And then mama started talkin' about ^G7Jesus And how our lives could be from now ^Con While papa bought a used tire in Co^G7lumbus Mama rocked the baby till all her tears were ^Cgone ^C7

She said your ^Fpapa is a good man and ^Cdon't you kids forget it The ^Fwhiskey's tryin' to ruin him but I ^D7know the Lord won't ^G7let it ^FThen we sang Amazing Grace and ^CBringing In The ^AmSheaves Rock of ^CAges ^FRock of ^CAges ^G7cleft for ^Cme ^{F C G7 C}

I remember when ^G7Papa finally gave up drinking I think Mama was the only one on earth that really taught she could ^CI remember a lot of times we?ve pack everything we owned Into some old car and we?d start out for ^G7some new town

Was strong enough to finally do some ^Cgood ^C7 She said your ^Fpapa is a good man and ^Cdon't you kids forget it The ^Fwhiskey's tryin' to ruin him but I ^D7know the Lord won't ^G7let it ^FThen we sang Amazing Grace and ^CBringing In The ^AmSheaves Rock of ^CAges ^FRock of ^CAges ^G7cleft for ^Cme ^{F C}