Blackjack County Chains chords by Willie Nelson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
I was  (E minor) sittin' beside
D 
Em 
the  (D major) road in Blackjack  (E minor) County
Not knowing that the sher
D 
B 
iff  (D major) paid a bounty  (B major) 
Em 
D 
For  (E minor) men like me who  (D major) didn't have
C 
B 
 (C major) a  penny to their names  (B major) 
Em 
D 
So he locked my  (E minor) leg to thirty-  (D major) five
C 
B 
pounds of  (C major) Blackjack  (B major) County chain
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 2

All we had to eat was bread and water

Each day we had to build that

road a mile and a quarter

Black sneak whip would cut our backs

when some poor fool complained

But we couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds

of Blackjack County chain

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em 
And  (E minor) then one night while the
D 
Em 
 (D major) sheriff was a sleep (E minor) in'
D 
We all gathered round  (D major) him
B 
slowly  (B major) creepin'
Em 
D 
And heav (E minor) en  help me to  (D major) forget
C 
B 
that night  (C major) in the cold cold  (B major) rain
Em 
D 
When we beat him  (E minor) death with thirty-  (D major) five
B 
pounds of  (B major) Blackjack County chain
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 4
Now the whip marks have all
D 
Em 
healed  (D major) and I am  (E minor) thankful
That there's nothing but
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B 
a scar  (D major) round my  (B major) ankle
Em 
D 
Most  (E minor) of  all I'm  (D major) glad no
C 
B 
man will  (C major) be a slave again  (B major) 
Em 
D 
To a black sneak  (E minor) whip and thirty-  (D major) five
C 
B 
pounds of  (C major) Black (B major) jack County chain
Em 
B 
Em 
 (E minor) To a black  (B major) sneak whip and thirty- five  (E minor) 
B 
pounds of Blackjack  (B major) County chain
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