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How to Play Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on acoustic guitar

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Grab your acoustic guitar, strap, and your pick and check out this free guitar lesson. This video tutorial will teach you country rock guitarists how to play a Johnny Cash song. Not just any Johnny Cash song, but one of his greatest: "Ring of Fire." And just so you know, here are the lyrics to go along with this instructional guitar lesson:

Love is a burning thing

And it makes a fiery ring

Bound by wild desire

I fell in to a ring of fire.

I fell in to a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down

And the flames went higher.

And it burns, burns, burns

The ring of fire

The ring of fire.

The taste of love is sweet

When hearts like ours meet

I fell for you like a child

Oh, but the fire went wild.

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