Chain Gang

Chain Gang easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    was 
    just 
    a kid 
    roamin' 

    around 
    travelin' 
    through 
    little 
    ol' 
    town 

    man 
    walked 
    up 
    and 
    said 
    come 
    with 
    me 

    you're 
    broke 
    and 
    son 
    that's 
    vagrancy 

    carefree 
    lad 
    that 
    love 
    to 
    roam 
    but 

    Lord 
    wish 
    I'd 
    stayed 
    at home 

    The 
    way 
    it 
    looks 
    I'll 
    probably 
    hang 
    cause 

    there ain't 
    no 
    hope 
    on 
    chain 
    gang 

    dig 
    that 
    ditch 
    chop 
    that 
    corn 

    curse 
    the 
    day 
    that 
    was 
    born 

    believe 
    it's 
    better 
    for 
    man 
    to 
    hang 
    than 
    to 

    work 
    like 
    dog 
    on 
    chain 
    gang 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    The 
    guard 
    stands 
    there 
    with 
    great 
    big 

    gun 
    bet 
    he'd 
    love 
    to 
    see 
    me 
    run 

    And I 
    guess 
    probably 
    will 
    some 
    day 
    I'd 

    rather 
    be 
    dead 
    than 
    to 
    live 
    this 
    way 

    He's 
    well 
    fed 
    and 
    he's 
    six 
    foot 
    tall 

    and 
    he's 
    meanest 
    of 
    them 
    all 

    He 
    cracks 
    that 
    whip 
    and 
    he 
    swings 
    that 
    cane 

    the 
    sun 
    must've 
    touched 
    his 
    brain 

    dig 
    that 
    ditch... 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 3
    got 
    gal 
    back 
    home 
    that's 
    sweet 
    and 
    kind 

    and 
    she's 
    been 
    waitin' 
    long 
    long 
    time 

    I just 
    told 
    her 
    to 
    forget 
    my 
    name 

    won't 
    ever 
    live 
    down 
    to shame 

    Lord 
    deliver 
    me 
    from 
    this 
    hole 
    be

    fore 
    lose 
    my 
    mind 
    and 
    soul 

    The 
    place 
    gets 
    weak 
    and 
    the 
    back 
    gets 

    broke 
    ain't 
    no 
    cause 
    to 
    laugh 
    and 
    joke 

    dig 
    that 
    ditch... 

    Work 
    like 
    dog 
    on 
    chain 
    gang 

    work 
    like 
    dog 
    on 
    chain 
    gang 

    Outro 1

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