Key: A major
Intro 1
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Bm
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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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you're broke and son that's vagrancy
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I carefree lad that love to roam but
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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
Interlude 1
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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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rather be dead than to live this way
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and he's a meanest of them all
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the sun must've touched his brain
Interlude 2
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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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fore I lose my mind and soul
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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
Outro 1
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ChordsA D Bm E
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