Out Among The Stars Chords
by Johnny Cash
Out Among The Stars by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B7, F#7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E A
Midnight at a liquor store in Texas
E B7
It's closing time another day is done
E A F#7
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
E B7 E
He can't find a job but Lord he's found a gun
A
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
E B7
That he lets the old man run out in the street
E A F#7
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
E B7 E
And already he can feel that great relief
D A
Oh how many travelers get wear-y
E B7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
E A
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
E B7 E
And fly like eagles out among the stars
A
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
E B7
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
E A F#7
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
E B7 E
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Repeat #3
A
Evening news it carries all the details
E B7
He dies in every living room in town
E A F#7
In his own a bottle's thrown in anger
E B7 E
And his father cries we'll never live this down
D A
Oh how many travelers get wear-y
E B7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
E A
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
E B7 E
And fly like eagles out among the stars
B7 E
And fly like eagles out among the stars