Here's the Youtube video if someone wants to figure it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4GwUtBd0DM

You gonna give us a sample of how she plays? Pretty please?

Hey Phill - I sure wish I could hit the low notes that Johnny Cash could hit. He is one of my many music heroes. Thanks for the comparison and your comments.

We actually have it listed on chordie by Johnny Cash as well, but I agree, the more popular version was done by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

It is an educational process. Kind of like painting a fence, but sometime the fence is just too dense to paint, so you have to paint it over, and over, and over again. BTW, you are by far chordie's most patient painter.   

He he he....yep, I get that a lot. Thanks.

Hey Rob - Welcome and we're glad to have you. You'll find lots of different guitar folks here from raw beginners to seasoned experts and in between. People who frequent chordie are have a wide variety of interests and are into all types of music much of which you can find in the artist and song listings, and if you can't find a song you're looking for just ask for help and I am sure someone will either find else where on the web or help you figure it out. Please feel free to share stories, bring up discussions, ask questions, and respond to these types of posts in the various forums.  If you are like me, and a bunch of our other chordie regulars, you have just found your favorite hangout on the web. Pull up a chair and welcome.

Great job Jack. Nice seeing music being passed on to our younger generation. I'm betting Maddie will be able to fly solo by this time next year.

You see the same thing over here with these kids who hit the big time in professional sports and haven't got a clue about making their new found fortune last. In the last few years there have been seminars for all the professional rookies in some of the sports like professional football (the American kind). Usually, they invite some veterans who have learned difficult lessons to pass on to the new pros so they, the new pros, will hopefully learn to do better before bad things happens.

This song also rings true for the service men and women who come home and have difficulty finding employment and may be suffering from injuries or mental illness related to combat. Truly every homeless person in the world has their own sad story and most all would relate to your song here. It is a good song, and I want to hear it of course so let me know when & where you have it up.

This kind of reminds me of John Prine's Hello in There. Do have it recorded yet? Would love to hear.

Main verse sounds like this to me: intro - fingerpicking G then into C Am C Am F G C for the verse twice. Chorus sounds like F F C F F C... except for the third verse where it is more like a bridge that goes Am G F, Am G F, Am G F. Here is a link with the Youtube version with lyrics...check it out and see what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NqoaW2fzY

Thanks Dino - I lost most of my "twang" during my years in the USAF, but growing up in western NC does tend to color your dialect so much that it never fades all the way.