A Boy Named Sue chords by Johnny Cash

"A Boy Named Sue" is a talking blues song written by American humorist and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by American Country artist Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969 at California's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on the original performance) in December 1969 at Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his only top ten single there, spending three weeks at No. 2 in 1969 (it was held out of the top spot by "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones). The track also topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts that same year and was certified Gold on August 14, 1969, by the RIAA. Silverstein's own recording was released the same year as "Boy Named Sue", a single on the album Boy Named Sue (and His Other Country Songs), The song tells the first-person story of a boy named "Sue," whose father, before walking out of his life, named him that in order to make him strong. Unbeknownst to the, now, man, he meets his father and a barroom brawl ensues. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.