Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover) - Maggie

A popular country song written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore 1963, made famous by Johnny Cash (topped the charts seven weeks). The song was originally recorded by Anita Carter, on album "Folk Songs Old and New" as "(Love's) Ring of Fire".

Some other recordings: Social Distortion, Bowling for Soup, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Alan Jackson, Dwight Yoakam, Frank Zappa

Lyrics and chords at: http://www.azchords.com/c/cashjohnny-tabs-717/ringoffire-tabs-102788.html

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Music

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• country
• cover
• oldies
• Johnny
• Cash
• June
• Carter
• vocals
• acoustic
• guitar
• fingerstyle
• lyrics
• chords

[danielleosimpson]

Nice job!

Daniel Léo Simpson

Composer

San Francisco

[maggiesband]

@danielleosimpson Hi Daniel - thank you for listening and commenting!

[navim49]

It just me or is it hot in here? You guys are certainly on fire. I always love the way you seem to strip songs back so perfectly. Guitar and voice in perfect harmony and clear as a bell. Another M & V triumph!!

[maggiesband]

@navim49 Thanks Navim! Just liked to give a try to some of Cash/Carter songs. Nice if you liked it, we didn't know how this will finally come out.

[SW94929]

Great version!! I love how you make the song your own. We were recording this once and we were interrupted by the phone ringing. The message was from the OB/GYN confirming an appointment. I found this ironic and humerous because there are some who say this song is about STD. ( and it burns burns burns LOL) It's a true story and I still have that video clip.

[maggiesband]

@SW94929 Thank you Stan! That phone call episode was a funny coincidence (ROFLMAO). We have learnt to silence our mobiles before recording - at the risk of losing an important call from EMI or WMG ;-) In this time the background for the song was the fireplace video I recorded while testing my Nokia N8.

[maggiesband]

@raffaport Thank you! Never thought this three chord song could become so demanding. (Capo on 5th, almost out of the scope of my guitar). You got it, Graham, Maggie has an inimitable warm and sexy voice - and she patiently shares it to be destroyed by the amateurish accompanist almost daily. Go figure ;-)

[maggiesband]

@TheBeestoncowboy Thank you Les! We also normally work other way round, and it seems we run out of our photos pretty soon. We should practice and polish more the songs we upload (2h max), and the outcome is often painful to others (and us later on). This song was trickier than I thought.

[raffaport]

This is brill! Never thought this song could sound sexy! (Forgive me, Vesa - and your guitar playing is great, too). Well done, both. Thumbs up, definitely.

[TheBeestoncowboy]

Well done maggie ......I have to admit I work the other way round.......spend 1 day recording the songs and then 3 days agonising over the images and then another day making and editing the video.....but your way worked just as well.

Regards Les