There Ain't No Good Chain Gang

There Ain't No Good Chain Gang easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings

1978Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • A

  • D

  • F#

    2
  • E

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • F#

    2
  • E

  • C

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Bet 
    it 
    ain't 
    a- 
    raining 
    back 
    home 

    Bet 
    your 
    sister's 
    still 
    on 
    the 
    phone 

    Bet 
    momma's 
    in 
    the 
    kitchen 

    cooking 
    fried 
    chicken 

    Wishing 
    that 
    hadn't 
    done 
    wrong 

    Interlude 1
    Momma, 
    don't 
    you 
    worry 

    about 
    it 
    none 
    though 

    Everything's 
    gonna 
    be 
    alright, 
    momma 

    They're 
    teaching 
    us 
    lot 
    of 
    new 

    things 
    in 
    here, 
    momma 

    Things 
    like 

    Chorus 1
    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    in 
    an 
    evil– 
    hearted 
    woman 

    And 
    ain't 
    cut 
    out 
    to 
    be 
    no 
    Jesse 
    James 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    go 
    writing 
    hot 
    checks 

    down 
    in 
    Missis
    sippi 

    And 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    chain 
    gang 

    Solo 1




    Verse 2
    Papa's 
    reading 
    yesterday's 
    mail 

    Wishing 
    that 
    the 
    hay 
    was 
    all 
    baled 

    bet 
    he's 
    wishing 

    we 
    could 
    go 
    fishing 

    And 
    here 
    am 
    a- 
    layin' 
    in 
    jail 

    Interlude 2
    Well, 
    papa, 
    don't 
    you 
    worry 

    about 
    it 
    none, 
    now 

    Everything's 
    gonna 
    be 
    alright, 
    pa
    pa 

    They're 
    teaching 
    us 
    lesson 
    day 

    We're 
    learning 
    pretty 
    well 
    too 

    We've 
    already 
    learned 

    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    stuff 
    already 

    Things 
    like 

    Chorus 2
    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    in 
    an 
    evil– 
    hearted 
    woman 

    And 
    ain't 
    cut 
    out 
    to 
    be 
    no 
    Jesse 
    James 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    go 
    writing 
    hot 
    checks 

    down 
    in 
    Missis
    sippi 

    And 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    chain 
    gang 

    Chorus 3
    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    in 
    an 
    evil– 
    hearted 
    woman 

    And 
    ain't 
    cut 
    out 
    to 
    be 
    no 
    Jesse 
    James 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    go 
    writing 
    hot 
    checks 

    down 
    in 
    Missis
    sippi 

    And 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    chain 
    gang 

    Solo 2



    Chorus 4
    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    in 
    an 
    evil– 
    hearted 
    woman 

    And 
    ain't 
    cut 
    out 
    to 
    be 
    no 
    Jesse 
    James 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    go 
    writing 
    hot 
    checks 

    down 
    in 
    Missis
    sippi 

    And 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    good 
    chain 
    gang 

    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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