Cindy Chords
by Johnny Cash
Cindy by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro) C
C
1. Well, I wish I was an apple, hangin' on a tree,
C7
and every time my Cindy passed, she'd take a little bite of me.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you one day.
C
2. Well, Cindy is my honey, the sweetest in the south,
C7
when we kissed, the bees would all swarm around her mouth.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you some day.
C
3. Well, I wish I had a needle and thread, fine as I could sow,
C7
I'd sow my Cindy to my side and down the road I'd go.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you one day.
C
4. Well, Cindy got religion, she's had it once before,
C7
she grabbed my ole banjo, man, and threw it on the floor.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you one day.
C
5. Well, it's apples in the summer time, peaches in the fall,
C7
if I can't have the gal I want, I won't have none at all.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you one day.
C
6. Cindy hugged and kissed me, she hung her head and cried,
C7
I swore she was the prettiest thing that ever lived or died.
F C
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, get along home,
F C G C
get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I'll marry you one day.
C G C C G C
I’ll marry you one day. I’ll marry you one day.