There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by
Johnny Cash
Waylon Jennings 
Key: Bb major•
Intro 1
Bb
Bb
Bb
Bb
Verse 1
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bb
G
cooking fried chicken
Eb
F
Bb
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Interlude 1
about it none though
Chorus 1
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
Bb
G
down in Mississippi
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang
Solo 1
Bb
Bb
Bb
Bb
Eb
Bb
G
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
Bb
Bb
Verse 2
Wishing that the hay was all baled
Bb
G
we could go fishing
Eb
F
Bb
And here I am a- layin' in jail
Interlude 2
We're learning pretty well too
a whole lot of stuff already
Chorus 2
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
Bb
G
down in Mississippi
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang
Chorus 3
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
Bb
G
down in Mississippi
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang
Solo 2
Bb
Bb
Bb
Bb
Eb
Bb
G
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
Chorus 4
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
Bb
G
down in Mississippi
Eb
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang
[Repeat and fade]
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb G F Db
Bb
Eb
G
F
Db
Capo: 1
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