Chain Gang chords by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I was just a kid roamin'
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around travelin' through a little ol' town
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A man walked up and said come with me
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you're broke and son that's vagrancy
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I carefree lad that love to roam but
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Lord I wish I'd stayed at home
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The way it looks I'll probably hang cause
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there ain't no hope on a  chain gang
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I dig that ditch I chop that corn I
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curse the day that I  was born
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I believe it's better for a man to hang than to
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work like a dog on a chain gang

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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The guard stands there with a great big
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gun I bet he'd love to see me run
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And I guess I probably will some day I'd
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rather be dead than to live this way
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He's well fed and he's six foot tall
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and he's a meanest of them all
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He cracks that whip and he swings that cane
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the sun must've touched his brain
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I dig that ditch...

Interlude 2

Verse 3
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I got a gal back home that's sweet and kind
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and she's been waitin' a long long time
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I just told her to forget my name I
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won't ever live down to shame
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Lord deliver me from this hole be
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fore I lose my mind and soul
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The place gets weak and the back gets
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broke ain't no cause to laugh and joke
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I dig that ditch...
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Work like a dog on a chain gang
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work like a dog on a chain gang