Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live]
Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live]

Man Who Couldn't Cry [Live] chords by Johnny Cash

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    • Verse 1
    There once 
    was a man 

    and he couldn't 
    cry 

    He hadn't 
    cried 
    for years 

    and for years 

    Napalmed babies, 
    movie 
    love 
    stories 

    For instance 
    could not 

    produce 
    tears 

    As a child 
    he 
    had cried 
    as all 

    children 
    will 

    Then at some 
    point 
    his 

    tear ducts 
    all ran 
    dry 

    Grew 
    to be 
    a man, 
    it all 
    hit 
    the fan 

    Things 
    got 
    bad, but 

    he could
    n't cry 

    Verse 2
    His dog 
    got 
    ran 
    over, 

    his 
    wife 
    up and left 
    him 

    After 
    that he 
    got 
    sacked 
    from 
    his job 

    Lost his 
    arm 
    in the war, 

    was 
    laughed 
    at by 
    a whore 

    Ah, 
    but 
    still 
    not 
    a 
    sniffle 
    or sob 

    Verse 3

    Well, his 
    novel 
    was 
    re
    fused, 

    and his movie 
    was 
    panned 

    His big 
    Broadway 
    show 
    was 
    a flop 

    Verse 4
    He got sent 
    off 
    to jail, 

    you guessed 
    it, no bail 

    Oh, but 
    still 
    not 
    a dribble 
    or a drop 

    Verse 5

    In jail 
    he was 
    beaten, 

    bullied 
    and 
    buggered 

    And 
    made to 
    make 
    li
    cense 
    plates 

    Water 
    and bread 
    was 
    all 
    he was fed 

    Not once 
    did a tear 
    stain 
    his 
    face 

    Verse 6
    Doctors 
    were 
    called 
    in, 
    scientists, 
    too 

    Theo
    logians 
    were last 
    and 

    practically 
    least 

    Verse 7
    They all 
    agreed 
    sure enough, 

    this is 
    no cream 
    puff 

    Oh, 
    but in 
    fact 
    an insensitive 
    beast 

    Verse 8
    He was 
    taken 
    from the jail 

    and placed 
    in a place 

    For 
    the 
    insensitive 
    and 
    the 
    insane 

    He made 
    a lot of friends 

    and he 
    played 
    a lot of chess 

    And he cried 
    every time 
    it 
    would rain 

    Verse 9
    Once 
    it rained 
    forty 
    days 
    and 

    it rained 
    forty 
    nights 

    And he cried 
    and he 
    cried 

    and he 
    cried 
    and he cried 

    Verse 10
    On 
    the 
    forty 
    first 
    day, 
    he passed 
    away 

    He just 
    dehydrated 
    and died 

    Verse 11

    He 
    went 
    up to 
    heaven, 
    located 
    his 
    dog 

    After 
    that, 
    he 
    rejoined 
    his arm 

    Below 
    all the 
    critics, 

    they took 
    it all 
    back 

    Cancer 
    robbed 
    the whore 
    of 
    her charm 

    Verse 12
    His 
    ex
    -wife 
    died 
    died 
    of 
    stretch 
    marks 

    His 
    ex-em
    ployer went 
    went 
    broke 

    The 
    theo
    logians 
    were 

    finally 
    found 
    out 

    Verse 13
    Right down 
    to the ground, 

    the 
    jail 
    house burned 
    down 

    And the 
    earth suffered 
    perpetu

    al drought 

    Outro 1


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