Blackjack County Chains

Blackjack County Chains easy guitar chords by Willie Nelson

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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Capo
  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • B

    2
  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I was 
    sittin' 
    beside 

    the 
    road 
    in 
    Black
    jack 
    County 

    Not 
    knowing 
    that 
    the 
    sher

    iff 
    paid 
    a bounty 

    For 
    men 
    like 
    me 
    who 
    didn't 
    have 

    penny 
    to 
    their 
    names 

    So 
    he 
    locked 
    my 
    leg 
    to 
    thirty- 
    five 

    pounds 
    of 
    Blackjack 
    County 
    chain 


    Verse 2
    All 
    we 
    had 
    to 
    eat 
    was 
    bread 
    and 
    water 

    Each 
    day 
    we 
    had 
    to 
    build 
    that 

    road 
    mile 
    and a 
    quarter 

    Black 
    sneak 
    whip 
    would 
    cut 
    our 
    backs 

    when 
    some 
    poor 
    fool 
    com
    plained 

    But 
    we 
    couldn't 
    fight 
    back 
    wearin' 
    35 pounds 

    of 
    Blackjack 
    County 
    chain 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    And 
    then 
    one 
    night 
    while 
    the 

    sheriff 
    was 
    a sleep
    in' 

    We 
    all 
    gathered 
    round 
    him 

    slowly 
    creepin' 

    And 
    heav
    en 
    help 
    me 
    to 
    forget 

    that 
    night 
    in 
    the cold 
    cold 
    rain 

    When 
    we 
    beat 
    him 
    death 
    with 
    thirty- 
    five 

    pounds 
    of 
    Blackjack 
    County 
    chain 

    Verse 4

    Now 
    the whip 
    marks 
    have 
    all 

    healed 
    and I 
    am 
    thankful 

    That 
    there's 
    nothing 
    but 

    a scar 
    round 
    my 
    ankle 

    Most 
    of 
    all 
    I'm 
    glad 
    no 

    man 
    will 
    be 
    slave 
    again 

    To 
    black 
    sneak 
    whip 
    and 
    thirty- 
    five 

    pounds 
    of 
    Black
    jack 
    County 
    chain 

    To 
    black 
    sneak 
    whip 
    and thirty- 
    five 

    pounds of 
    Blackjack 
    County 
    chain 

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