Strawberry Cake

INTRO: G

VERSE:
G                      D
In New York city just walking the 
street
                      G
Ran out of money had nothing to eat
                               C
I stopped at the Plaza, that fancy 
hotel
       D
Where you can check in if you're 
well to do well...

     G                   D
The first of July and a hundred and 
four
I stopped at the Plaza's front 
 G
revolving door
I stepped in the door and went 
   C
around for a ride
  D
Treatin' myself to the cool air 
inside

     G                  
Then I found myself in a 
      D
chandeliered room
                                G
Where people were dining and I hid 
in the gloom
                               C
My hunger pains hurt 'til I thought 
I would break
         D                     
When a waiter brought out a big 
             G
strawberry cake


CHORUS:
G         D         G
Oh that strawberry cake
C                   G
Oh that strawberry cake
    C                    G
Out in California them berries were 
grown
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     C                   G
And into this city them berries were
 flown
     D                      G
For making that strawberry cake


VERSE:
 G                              D
Then I thought of Oxnard, just north
 of A
                                 G
Where I picked strawberries for many
 a day
Hard work with no future for the 
 C
harvest was done
    D
And I headed eastward a-travelin' by
 thumb

     G                D
And nobody wanted me here in this 
town
                              G
I felt like a stray dog they all 
kick around
                         C
Them berries reminded me of my bad 
breaks
     D                    
I'm hungry and I want that 
             G
strawberry cake


CHORUS:
G                D         G
I deserve that strawberry cake
   C                     G
Deserve that strawberry cake
   C                         G
I ran and I grabbed it then out the 
side door
  C                             G
Into Central Park through the bushes
 I tore
 D                     G
Holdin' my strawberry cake



VERSE:
   G                       D
I look back behind me and what do I 
see
                             G
The chef and headwaiter and the 
maître d
                         C
I had a nice helpin' of cake as I 
ran
    D
I gobble them berries as fast as I 
can

          G                    D
They're closin' the gap as I slowed 
down to eat
But the cake brought a new surge of 
 G
power to my feet
                            C
I hid in the bush when the lead I 
did take
        D                          
And I quietly finished my 
   G
strawberry cake


CHORUS:
G                 D        G
I ate all that strawberry cake
      C                     G
That fine fancy strawberry cake
    C                    G
Someone at the plaza is without 
dessert
              C                    
But for the first time in days now 
    G
my belly don't hurt
 D                      G
I'm full of strawberry cake

NOTE: THED  AD  TWO VERB ONS I HAVE 
SEEN JOHNNY CASH
      PA YING THIS SONG LIVE. ON ONE
 HE CAPOED AT THE
      2nd FD T AND ON ANOTHER HE 
CAPOED ON THE 3rd FD T
      BUT USED THE EXACT SAME CHORDS
 FOR BOTH.