For You

For You     4/4    Johnny Cash with Dave Matthews     From We Were Soldiers

Standard Tuning

Intro: 12 bars - first 4 drums only



C                    / G     /

- I will drink the / cup, /

C                         / F          /

- The poison over - / flowing, /

C                  / G   /

- I will lift you / up, /

C                                    / F        /

- Watch over where you're / going, /



C                       / G                           /

- The first one in, / -  the last one gone, /

C                        / F

- I'll be the rock to / stand upon,

      / C      / G        / F       /       /

For / you - / ou , for / you - / ou, /



C             / G         /

- My spirit / aches, / and

C       /                      / F         /

I can't / stop this river / flowing, / - and

C        / G

Here I / take,

C                    / G                       / F            /

- Each labored / breath I draw un - / knowing, /

C                                     / G

- That this could be my life / - my final hour,

      / C                                      / G     -   F

But / faith and hope and love give / me the power.

      / C      / G       / F       /      /

For / you - / ou, for / you - / ou, /



(SPOKEN)



C                       / G

- - - Yea though I / walk through the valley,

C         -               / F                          / C

- Of the shadow of / death, I will fear no / evil,

 C                 / F           / / F       -       C          /

- For You are / with me, / / - - You are with me. /



C        / G             /          /

- I'll be / your salv - / ation, /

C                                  / F              /

- Though the storms sur- / round me, /

C                  / G                   /

- There under / no conditions, /

C                      / F

 - Lay my body / down,

C         / G

- In the / wake will abandon,

C                      / F

 - Willing sacri - / fice.

C           / G                /

- I'll walk / through  the / canyon,

C                            / F      /

- Bring the shadows / light, /

      / C      / G        / F       /      /

For / you - / ou , for / you - / ou, /



C                     / G     /

- I will drink the / cup, /

C                         / F          /

- The poison over - / flowing, /

C                  / G  /

- I will lift you / up, /

C                                    / F        /

- Watch over where you're / going, /

C                       / G                          /

- The first one in, / - the last one gone, /

C                        / F                /

- I'll be the rock to / stand upon, /

C                       / G                          /

- The first one in, / - the last one gone, /

C                     / F                      /

- I'll be the rock / - to stand upon, /

      / C      / G        / F        /       /

For / you - / ou , for / you -  / ou, /

      / C      / G    /      / F       /       /

For / you - / ou , /  for / you, - / ou. /

(Drop an octave)

      / C      /

For / you - / ou.



Fade