Johnny Cash - Like A Young Colt: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Like A Young Colt" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

B
Like a young cold the country
was now growing fast
            E
Passenger trains in the east
were traveling a hundred miles an hour
               F#
People in the country could buy
clothes by mail order
And get them back within two weeks

After twenty years or more the South
Was still mending its wounds from the civil war
But with all the country's problems
The union was solid
Red American novelists and poets
Were coming into their own

People were expressing their love
For America in song and in poem
And in South Carolina
A high tone southern gentleman
Expressed his love and admiration
For his president James
a Garfield in such a way


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Like A Young Colt" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Like A Young Colt" by Johnny Cash.

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