Children Go Where I Send Thee Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays422

Children Go Where I Send Thee by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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C 
Children go where I send thee 

How shall I send thee 

I'm gonna send thee two by two 

Two by Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
     F    C       G7    C 
Born born born in Bethlehem 


Children go where I send thee 

How shall I send thee 

I'm gonna send thee three by three 

Three by the Hebrew children 

Two by Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
     F    C       G7    C 
Born born born in Bethlehem 


Children go where I send thee 

Children how shall I send thee 

I'm gonna send thee four by four 

Four by four that stood at the door 

Three by the Hebrew children 

Two by Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
        F    C            G7    C 
Who was born born born in Bethlehem 


Children go where I send thee 

How shall I send thee 

I'm gonna send thee five by five 

Five by the five couldn't get by 

Four by the four that stood at the door 

Two by Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
     F    C       G7    C 
Born born born in Bethlehem 


Children go where I send thee 

How shall I send thee 

I'm gonna send thee six by six 

Six by the six that couldn't get fixed 

Five by the five couldn't get by 

Four by the four that stood at the door 

Three by the Hebrew children 

Two by Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
        F    C            G7    C 
Who was born born born in Bethlehem 


Six by the six couldn't get fixed 

Five by the five that couldn't get by 

Four by the four that stood at the door 

Three by the three for the Hebrew children 

Two by two for Paul and Silas 

One by the little bitty baby 
        F    C            G7    C 
Who was born born born in Bethlehem 
        F    C            G7    C 
Who was born born born in Bethlehem 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante