The Man Comes Around Uke tab by Johnny Cash

"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying,
'Come and see.' and I saw, and behold a white horse"

[Verse]

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There's a man, goin' 'round, takin' names

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And he decides, who to free, and who to blame

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Everybody, won't be treated, all the same

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There'll be a golden ladder, reaching down.

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When the man comes around.


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The hairs, on your arm, will stand up

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At the terror, in each sip, and each sup

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Will you partake of that last offered cup?

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Or disappear, into the potter's ground?

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When the man comes around.


[Chorus]

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Hear the trumpets hear the pipers

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One hundred million angels singin' 

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Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum

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Voices callin', voices cryin' 

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Some are born and some are dyin'

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It's Alpha and Omega's Kingdom come


[Bridge]

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And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees

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And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

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The whirlwind is in the thorn trees

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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks


[Second Verse]

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Till Armageddon no shalam, no shalom

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Then the father hen will call his chickens home

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The wise man will bow down before the throne

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And at his feet they will cast their golden crowns

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When the man comes around.


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Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still

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Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still

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Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still

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Listen to the words long written down

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When the man comes around


[Chorus]

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Hear the trumpets hear the pipers

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One hundred million angels singing 

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Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum

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Voices callin', voices cryin' 

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Some are born and some are dyin'

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It's Alpha and Omega's Kingdom come


[Bridge]

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And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees

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And the virgins are all trimming their wicks

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The whirlwind is in the thorn trees

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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks


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In measured hundred weight and penny pound

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When the Man comes around.

"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him"