Key: F minor•
Intro 1
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C
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C
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Cm
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Verse 1
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I was standin' by the road in Black Jack County
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C
iff paid a bounty
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For men like me who didn't
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have a penny to their name
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He locked my legs in 35 pounds
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of Black Jack County chains
Verse 2
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All we had to eat was bread and water
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A black snake whip would sting our backs
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C
If some poor fool complained
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Cm
But we couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds of Black Jack County
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chains
Interlude 1
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C
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C
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Verse 3
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And one night the Sheriff laid sleepin'
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Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold,
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When we beat him to death wearin'
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35 pounds of Black Jack County chains
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Verse 4
The wounds have all
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healed and I'm thankful
And there's nothin' left but
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scars around my ankle
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no man will ever be a slave again
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To a black snake whip and 35 pounds
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of Black Jack County chains
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Best of all, no man will ever be a
Outro 1
slave again
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsFm Bb Eb C Cm
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