Ring Of Fire chords
by Johnny Cash- Ring Of Fire was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore.
- Johnny Cash recorded the song March 25, 1963, and released it April 19, 1963 from the album Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash.
- Music: Key of G Major in 4/4 and 2/4 time at a moderately bright Tempo
- Easy Chords: G, C, D
- Changes in the time signature occur throughout the song especially in the Intro and wherever the trumpets play. I have only included the time signatures in the Intro and Instrumental sections on the song sheet so you can get a feel for the timing. In the verses the bars of C Major represented by * are also in 2/4 time.
Ring Of Fire
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other keyG C G C G Intro: 4/4 ‖ 𝄽 ♩ ♩ ♩ | | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 ‖ (Trumpet) G C G C G C G C G 1. Love is a burn-ing thing | * | And it makes a fie-ry ring | * | | G C G C G D G Bound by wild de-sire| * | I fell in-to a ring of fire D C G Chorus: I fell in-to a burn-ing ring of fire D C G I went down down down And the flames went high-er G C G D G And it burns burns burns The ring of fire The ring of fire G C G C G Instr:‖(Trumpet)| | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 ‖ G C G C G | | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 𝄎 ‖ D C G Chorus: I fell in-to a burn-ing ring of fire D C G I went down down down And the flames went high-er G C G D G And it burns burns burns The ring of fire The ring of fire G C G C G C G C G 2. The taste of love is sweet | * | When hearts like ours meet | * | | G C G C G C G I fell for you like a child | * | Oh, but the fire went wild D C G Chorus: I fell in-to a burn-ing ring of fire D C G I went down down down And the flames went high-er G C G D G And it burns burns burns The ring of fire The ring of fire D C G Chorus: I fell in-to a burn-ing ring of fire D C G I went down down down And the flames went high-er G C G D G And it burns burns burns The ring of fire The ring of fire G C G D G And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire The ring of fire D G D G The ring of fire The ring of fire... (repeat to fade)
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