SONG: I'M LEAVING NOW
ARTIST: JOHNNY CASH
ALBUM: SOLITARY MAN - AMERICAN RECORDING III
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
E-MAIL: guitarzan7@hotmail.com


                         I'M LEAVING NOW
                           JOHNNY CASH

INTRO:

E ------------------------------------------
B -------10------10---9---------------------
G --11b------10-------9--8--7---------------
D ------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------


1st LEAD:

E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B ------10------10-------------|------10--9/12---------------|
G --11------11------11--10--7--|--11------------11--9--7-----|
D -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|

IMPROVISE A LITTLE HERE:
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G ----10/12---12----12---------|--10/12---12----12-----------|
D ----10/12------12------------|--10/12------12--------------|
A -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|

IMPROVISE A LITTLE HERE:
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D ----10/12---12----12---------|--10/12---12----12-----------|
A ----10/12------12----12------|--10/12------12----12--------|
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|


E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A --10h-11h-12--12--12--12-----|--10h-11h-12---12------------|
E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|

THIS PART IS SOMEWHAT HARDER TO HEAR AND GET. SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
IT MAY BE TWO GUITARS HERE AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T PICK IT ALL OUT.

E -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A -----------------------------|---------10--9--8------------|
E ---12--11--10--8-------------|--8--10------------10--------|

VERSE:
   D
    Hold on honey I'd like to say
    I'm busting out and breaking away
         G
    I'm letting you go like a hot horse shoe
                                          D
    I can't take another heart ache from you

VERSE:
    Think about how it's gonna be
    When you start back to needing me
    When your dancing shoes have lost their shine
    I'm gonna be gone in mine

CHORUS:
                 G    LOW E --3--5--6--7----
    I'm leaving now
                 D    LOW E --3b--3b--0-----
    I'm leaving now
                   A
    Get out of my face
                    G
    Get out of my place
                 A
    I'm leaving now,  adios
                 D
    I'm leaving now

VERSE:
    And the time it comes when you trim the fat
    Feed the kitchen scraps to the front seat cat
    Bye bye baby when the bills come due
    You might have to sell a jewel or two

VERSE:
    Eat your heart out anyway
    It's hard as your head and it's cold as clay
    It's all over now you won't have me
    Your sugar daddy or your money tree

CHORUS:
    I'm leaving now yeah
    I'm leaving now
    Get out of my space
    Get out of my face
    I'm leaving now,  hey hey
    I'm leaving now

VERSE:
    Pull up the collar on my traveling coat
    Sell that miserable pleasure boat
    I wouldn't give another nickel for another buck
    I'm living on muscle, guts, and luck

VERSE:
    If anybody asks where did I go
    Tell 'em I went where the wild goose goes
    I wouldn't have me an area code
    Don't have a number, don't need a row

CHORUS:
    I'm leaving now, me to
    I'm leaving now
    Get out of my face
    Get out of my space
    I'm leaving now,  adios
    I'm leaving now

    "PICK AT IT !!" -  INSTRUMENTAL - START A PICKIN' N' A GRINNIN'

CHORUS:
    I'm leaving now
    I'm leaving now
    Get out of my space
    Get out of my face
    I'm leaving now,  adios
    I'm leaving now

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