Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Ring Of Fire (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore)
Johnny Cash

This is the "Ring Of Fire" version by Johnny Cash, and after that is the Joaquin Phoenix
from the "Walk The Line" movie.


[Intro]

(for the trumpets, with guitar chords):

G C G G C G
e|--------------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------|
D|-------0--0-0-0-0--2---0--|--------------------|
A|-2-3-4---------------3----|--2--2-2-2-2--3-0-2-|
E|--------------------------|--------------------|


[Verse]

G C G
Love is a burnin' thing
G C G
And it makes a firery ring
G C G
Down, my wild desires
G C G
I fell into a ring of fire


[Chorus]

D C G
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
D C G
I went down down down, and the flames went higher
G
And it burns burns burns
C G D G
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

The song repeats the above throughout the whole thing,
just different lyrics

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Joaquin Phoenix version
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[Intro]

A D A A D A
e|--------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|-2--2-2-2-2--4-0-2--|-------------0-----|
A|--------------------|--4--4-4-4-4---2-4-|
E|--------------------|-------------------|


[Verse]

A D A
Love is a burnin' thing
A D A
And it makes a firery ring
A D A
Down, my wild desires
A D A
I fell into a ring of fire


[Chorus]

E D A
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
E D A
I went down down down, and the flames went higher
A
And it burns burns burns
D A E A
The ring of fire, the ring of fire


The song repeats the above throughout the whole thing,
just different lyrics


[Outro]

(02:31)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---2m---2m----2m---2m----2m---2m----2m---2m-|
A|-0----------0----------0----------0---------|
E|------0----------0----------0----------0----|

(02:41)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------2--------2---------2--------2-|
A|-0---/4---0---/4----0---/4---0---/4---|
E|--------------------------------------|

(03:24)
e|-2--0-----2--0-----2--0-------|
B|-3--2-----3--2-----3--2-------|
G|-2--2-----2--2-----2--2-------|
D|-0--2-----0--2-----0--2-------|
A|----0--------0--------0-------|
E|------------------------------|


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| / Slide up
| m Palm mute

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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SONG NAME - Band Name
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Tabbed by: Josh Davis
Email: omsoad@aol.com

Tuning:EADGBe

CHORDS:
G =320033
C =x32010
D7=xx0212

Basic Strum Pattern:
Q Q e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3----3----3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------------|
d d d u d u

Mariachi Intro Riff (just for fun):
Q Q Q Q e e e Q Q Q W W
e|-7-----8-----9----|-10----10--10----10--10----12-----8--|-10-----|(10)---|
B|-8----10----11----|-12----12--12----12--12----13----10--|-12-----|(12)---|
G|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
D|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
A|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|
E|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|-------|

Q e e e Q Q Q W W
e|-7----7--7-----7--7-----8----5----|-7-----------------|(7)---------------|
B|-8----8--8-----8--8----10----7----|-8-----------------|(8)---------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|


Intro:
G C G
Q Q e e e e Q Q Q Q e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----0----0----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2----3----3----||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||

G D7 G
Q Q e e e e Q Q Q Q e e e e
e|-3----3----3--3--3--3----2----2----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
B|-3----3----3--3--3--3----1----1----||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||
G|-0----0----0--0--0--0----2----2----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
D|-0----0----0--0--0--0----0----0----||o-0----0----0--0--0--0---o||
A|-2----2----2--2--2--2--------------||--2----2----2--2--2--2----||
E|-3----3----3--3--3--3--------------||--3----3----3--3--3--3----||


VERSE:
G C G C G D7 G D7 G
Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring
G C G C G D7 G
Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire


CHORUS:
D7 C G
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
D7 C G
I went down down down and the flames went higher
G D7 G D7 G
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire the ring of fire


INTERLUDE:
Same as INTRO with Mariachi Riff (just for fun)


(chorus)


VERSE:
G C G C G D7 G D7 G
The taste of love is sweet when hearts like ours meet
G C G C G D7 G
I fell for you like a child Oh, but the fire went wild


(chorus) 2x


OUTRO:
G D7 G
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire
D7 G
the ring of fire (repeat four times and fade)


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Song info
Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash
2001
  • Folk, World, & Country
  • Country
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