Johnny Cash — Personal Jesus (ver 4) Tab
Ok, so this is my way of playing the song, but this tab is based off some other tabs.
is for the main guitar.
*The second part of Riff 2 might not be that, but that is a start for anyone who wants
adapt it.
*I am certain about almost everything except that the C—Chord might be a B—Chord, but i
the C since it is an open chord.
*the "Reach Out and Touch Faith" part is Riff 1 then Riff 3 so that "Reach" is sung at
end of the F# strumming and "Faith" is sung with no music played.
*There is a second guitar (I think it is played with a slide) in the right channel that
chords. I really don't know what it is playing, but the way I would play it for a two
arrangement is just have it strum Riff 1 so it's hitting multiple strings, have it play
2 in harmony with Guitar 1, and depending on if you want, play with or without Guitar 1
Riff 3 or Guitar 2 only plays Riff 3, giving Guitar 1 a break.
If you listen to the song, then this will all make sense!
Riff #1
e|————————————————————————————————|—————————————————————————————|
B|————————————————————————————————|—————————————————————————————|
G|————————————————————————————————|—————————————————————————————|
D|——————————2———————————————2—————|———————2——————————————2——————|
A|————————————————————————————————|—————————————————————————————|
E|——0——3—0————3—0——0——3——0————3—0—|——3—0————3—0——0——3——0————3—0—|
Riff #2
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B|———————————————3—3—3——3—3—3—3|
G|————————2——————0—0—0——0—0—0—0|
D|—————————————————————————————|
A|—0—3—0————3—0——2—2—2——0—0—0—0|
E|———————————————3—3—3—2—2—2—2—|
Riff #3
e|——————————————————————————————————————|
B|—————————2—2—2—2———1—1——1—1——1—1——————|
G|—————————3—3—3—3———1—1——1—1——1—1——————|
D|—————————4—4—4—4———3—3——3—3——3—3——————|
A|—————————4—4———————3—3——3—3——3—3——————|
E|——————————————————————————————————————|
Riff 1
Your own, personal, Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers,
Riff 2
Someone who cares
Riff 1
Your own, personal, Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers,
Riff 2
Someone who's there
Riff 1
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone,
G D
Flesh and bone, By the telephone,
Am
Lift up the receiver,
C
I'll make you a believer
Riff 1
Take second best,
Put me to the test,
G D
Things on your chest, You need to confess,
Am
I will deliver,
C
You know i'm a forgiver
Riff 1 Riff 3
Reach out and touch faith
Riff 1 Riff 3
Reach out and touch faith
Riff 1
Your own, personal, Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers,
Riff 2
Someone who cares
Riff 1
Your own, personal, Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers,
Riff 2
Someone to care
Riff 1
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone,
G D
Flesh and bone, By the telephone,
Am
Lift up the receiver,
C
I'll make you a believer
Riff 1
Am
I will deliver,
C
You know i'm a forgiver
Riff 1 Riff 3
Reach out and touch faith
Riff 1 Riff 3
Reach out and touch faith
Riff 1 Riff 3
Reach out and touch faith
Riff 1 Riff 3(slowly) Am (strum fast or slowly)
Reach out and touch faith