I walk the line (Cover)

Here's what the excellent Wikipedia says about this tune:

The song is about Cash staying faithful to his wife at the time, Vivian despite being on the road [...]
The song is very simple and like most Cash songs, the lyrics tell more of a story than the music conveys [...]
It is based upon the "boom-chicka-boom" or "freight train" rhythm common in many of Cash's songs. In the original recording of the song, there is a key change between each of the five verses, and Cash hums the new root note before singing each verse. The final verse is sung a full octave lower than the first verse [...]
The unique chord progression for the song was inspired by an accidental backwards playback on Cash's tape recorder while he was in the Air Force. Later, he wrote the lyrics in a backstage dressing room in Gladewater, Texas in 1955, after a discussion with fellow performer Carl Perkins encouraged him to adopt "I Walk the Line" as the song title. Cash originally intended the song as a slow ballad, but producer Sam Phillips preferred a faster arrangement, which Cash grew to like as the uptempo recording met with success [...]
The song was originally recorded at Sun Studio on April 2, 1956, and was released on May 1. It spent six weeks at the top spot on the U.S. country charts that summer, and also reached number 19 on the pop music charts.

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• country
• Johnny
• Cash
• walk
• the
• line
• khtietgen

[Bobcat2hat]

cool i think that the first verse goes from B to E then A not A to E to D

[khtietgen]

@Bobcat2hat

Thanks for the comment! You are probably right! I played a simplified version. By the way, Johnny Cash changed the key several times while singing it.

[patnash62]

Danke für den song. Find ich echt stark wie Sie (Du?) das machen. Liebe Grüsse

[khtietgen]

Vielen Dank für die freundlichen Worte. Das 'Du' ist O.K. :-) Freut mich, daß es Dir gefallen hat!

[popgunparadise]

this is amazing u r amazing 1000 stars and favorite

[GeorgBlues90]

5 *****!

[renspwn]

great sung!

[keola310]

strum pattern? i wanna know how to do the proper strumming pattern for this. :)

[DjNic001]

Echt gut .. freut mich mal wieder ein gutes cover zu hören ;)

[TheMissouripicker]

Good job. A great song and I think Cash is smiling. BTW, Johnny changes key 5 times during this song. That's why he would hum between verses....looking for the key,

[Hanswernerotto]

Man hört den deutschen Akzent soooofort :D In den ersten Sekunden... :P

Aber gefällt mir :)!

[blink182arethebest]

what kind of mic is that

[Murindal]

Richtig gutes Video, die Stimme passt auch super dazu und du bist auch immer im Takt gewesen so wie ich das gehört habe. Ich spreche mal für unsere gesamte Jugend wenn ich sage: Wir können noch was von dir lernen = )

[TheDesertsItalian]

I salute you sir.

[arbi1jubi2]

So, nun ist es passiert - ich mach mir ne CD! - weil ich dich mag und deine Musik mag. Schließe mich ColtOneColt an.

Freue mich als Abonnent auf neue songs. Musizierst Du eigentlich nur so allein für Dich zu Hause und für you tube? Oder kann man Dich mal irgendwo hören?

Alles Liebe

[arbi1jubi2]

So, nun ist es passiert - ich mach mir ne CD! - weil ich dich mag und deine Musik mag. Schließe mich ColtOneColt an.

Freue mich als Abonnent auf neue songs. Musizierst Du eigentlich nur so allein für Dich zu Hause und für you tube? Oder kann man Dich mal irgendwo hören?

Alles Liebe