Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

"Guess Things Happen That Way," released by Sun Records in 1958, was Cash's fourth #1 country hit and it also went to #11 on the pop charts. The piano and doo-wop backup vocals gave the song more of a pop feel than most of Cash's releases. There's a steady, alternating thumb-bass throughout this fingerpicking version, except when the thumb plays that hook figure on the bass strings, during the intro and at the end of the verses. All the chords are in the first few frets except for the D-shaped F chord at the 5th fret, during the solo.