Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

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                Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
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Written by: June Carter/Merle Kilgore
Released in 1963

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Tempo: 207 bpm

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Here’s a way to incorporate the Mariachi theme into the acoustic guitar
accompaniment. Keep strumming but accentuate the single notes:

[Mariachi Them
         G    
         1  2 
E ------|---3-
B ------|---3-
G ------|---0-
D ------|0--0-
A 2-3-4-|-----
E ------|-----

e]
        C     
  3  4  5  6  
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
0--0-0--2----|
-----------3-|
-------------|

G
1   2   3   4 
----3-----3-3-
----3-----3-3-
----0-----0-0-
0-------------
--------------
--------------

   1   2   3  
--|----3-----3
--|----3-----3
--|----0-----0
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|3----------

 4
-3--|
-3--|
-0--|
----|
----|
----|
   G          
   1  2   3  4
e |---3-------
B |---3-------
G |---0-------
D |-----------
A |2--2-2--2-2
E |-----------

  D      G
  5  6   1   2
--------|----3
--------|----3
--------|----0
--------|-----
--3---0-|2----
--------|-----

   3   4    1 
-----3-3---|--
-----3-3---|--
-----0-0---|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|3-

  2   3   4
--3-----3-3--|
--3-----3-3--|
--0-----0-0--|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

[Mariachi Them
         G    
         1  2 
e ------|-----
B 0-1-2-|3--3-
G 0-2-3-|4--4-
D ------|-----
A ------|-----
E ------|-----

e] for a secon
        C     
  3  4  5  6  
--------------
3--3-3--5—-1--
4--4-4--5—-2--
--------------
--------------
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d guitar
 G
 1   2   3   4
|-------------
|3------------
|4------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

    1   2   3 
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------

  4
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
   G          
   1  2  3   4
e |-----------
B |-----------
G |4--4-4--4-4
D |5--5-5--5-5
A |-----------
E |-----------

  D      G
  5  6   1   2
--------|-----
--------|-----
--5--2--|4----
--7--4--|5----
--------|-----
--------|-----

   3   4    1 
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--

  2   3   4
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

[Verse 1] – Pattern                [Verse 2] - Pattern
| 4/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |    | 4/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| 4/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |    | 4/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| 4/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |    | 6/4 | 4/4 | 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| 6/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |                | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |

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[Mariachi Theme]
   6/4    4/4   4/4
|     |    
   6/4    4/4 

|    |
  4/4
|     |    |    |


[Verse 1]
                     6/4    4/4   4/4
            
Love is a burn

    |     |    |    |
in' thing
                         6/4    4/4   4/4
             
And it makes a

      |     |    |    |
 fiery ring
                  6/4    4/4   4/4
            
Bound by wild 

 |     |    |    |
desire
         6/4             4/4   4/4
|            
  I fell into 

        |    |    |
a ring of fire


[Chorus] 4/4
             
I fell into a 

             
burnin' ring o

  
f fire
             
I went down, d

              
own, down, and

             
 the flames we

   
nt higher
       
And it burns, 

burns, burns
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire


[Mariachi Theme]
   6/4    4/4   4/4
|     |    
   6/4    4/4 

|    |
  4/4
|     |    |    |

   6/4    4/4   4/4
|     |    
   6/4    4/4 

|    |
  4/4
|     |    |    |


[Chorus] 4/4
             
I fell into a 

             
burnin' ring o

  
f fire
             
I went down, d

              
own, down, and

             
 the flames we

   
nt higher
       
And it burns, 

burns, burns
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire


[Verse 2]
                       6/4    4/4   4/4
            
The taste of l

      |     |    |    |
ove is sweet
                        6/4    4/4   4/4
             
When hearts li

      |     |    |    |
ke ours meet
         6/4             4/4    6/4    4/4   4/4
|            
  I fell for y

        |   
ou like a chil

 |     |    |    |
d
                        4/4   4/4
            
Oh, but the fi

        |    |    |
re went wild


[Chorus] 4/4
             
I fell into a 

             
burnin' ring o

  
f fire
             
I went down, d

              
own, down, and

             
 the flames we

   
nt higher
       
And it burns, 

burns, burns
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire


[Chorus] 4/4
             
I fell into a 

             
burnin' ring o

  
f fire
             
I went down, d

              
own, down, and

             
 the flames we

   
nt higher
       
And it burns, 

burns, burns
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire


[Outro]
       
And it burns, 

burns, burns
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire

(repeat and fade:)
            
The ring of fi

             
re, the ring o

  
f fire

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