Ring of Fire Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Ring of Fire chord chart by Johnny Cash. Nothing like playing a good ole Johnny Cash song on this guitar and Ring of Fire aims to please.
In classic Johnny Cash style, we will be incorporating some alternating bass lines here if you are so inclined. If you don’t know how to do that that, don’t worry about it, just do a down strum instead of the bass note. It will work out fine.
Fortunately, Johnny keeps it easy for us and we only have to use the chords C. G and D7. You can use my easiest guitar chords for this song if you’d like.
Also, keep an eye for measures of 2/4. Some chords are only two beats like the C in the intro and the D7 in the intro.
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Ring of Fire Guitar Chords:
Ring of Fire Strumming Patterns:
Let’s check out some strumming patterns we can use.
Alternating Bass Strumming Pattern:
1 2 3 4
B D B D
I also sometimes hear:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
B D U B D U
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Ring of Fire Guitar Lesson:
Ring of Fire Chord Chart:
Intro:
G C(2/4) G G
G D7 (2/4) G G
Verse:
G | G C | G C(2/4) G
Love is a burning thing,
G G |G D7| G D7 (2/4) G G
and it makes a fiery ring
G |G C | G C(2/4) G G
bound by wild desires
G D7 (2/4) G G
I fell into a ring of fire.
Chorus:
D7 D7 C G
I fell into a burning ring of fire,
D7 D7 C G
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.
G G
And it burns, burns, burns.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G G
. The ring of fire.
Interlude:
G C(2/4) G G
G D7(2/4) G G
G C(2/4) G G
G D7(2/4) G G
Chorus:
D7 D7 C G
I fell into a burning ring of fire,
D7 D7 C G
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.
G G
And it burns, burns, burns.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G G
. The ring of fire.
Verse:
G | G C | G C(2/4) G
The taste of love is sweet
G G |G D7| G D7 (2/4) G G
when hearts like ours meet.
G C(2/4) G G C(2/4) G G
I fell for you like a child,
G |G D7| G G
oh, but the fire went wild.
Chorus:
D7 D7 C G
I fell into a burning ring of fire,
D7 D7 C G
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.
G G
And it burns, burns, burns.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G G
. The ring of fire.
Chorus:
D7 D7 C G
I fell into a burning ring of fire,
D7 D7 C G
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.
G G
And it burns, burns, burns.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G G
. The ring of fire.
Outro:
G G
And it burns, burns, burns.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G
. The ring of fire.
|G D7 | G G
. The ring of fire.
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