Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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beside the road in Blackjack County
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For men like me who didn't
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have a penny to our names
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Well he locked my leg to thirty- five
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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Verse 2
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All we had to eat was bread and water
Each day we had to build that
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road a mile and a quarter
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A black sneak whip would cut our backs
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when some poor fool complained
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But you couldn't fight back wearin' thirty- five pounds
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of Blackjack County chain
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iff he laid sleepin'
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Heaven help me to forget that
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night in the cold cold rain
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When we beat him death with thirty- five
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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Verse 3
All the whip marks have all
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healed and I am thankful
All that there's nothing but
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a scar around my ankle
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But most of all I'm glad no
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man will be a slave again
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To a black sneak whip and thirty- five
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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Blackjack County chain
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Blackjack County chain
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