There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
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Intro 1
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
Verse 1
(A major) Bet it ain't a- raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet (D major) momma's in the kitchen
(A major) cooking fried (F sharp major) chicken
(D major) Wishing that I (E major) hadn't done wrong (A major)
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Interlude 1
(A major) Momma, don't you worry
about it none though
(A major) Everything's gonna be alright, momma
(A major) They're teaching us a lot of new
(A major) things in here, momma
Things (A major) like
Chorus 1
There ain't no (A major) good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't (D major) go writing hot checks
(A major) down in Mississippi (F sharp major)
And there (D major) ain't (C major) no (A major) good (C major) chain (A major) gang
Solo 1
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
(D major) (A major) (F sharp major)
(D major) (C major) (A major) (C major) (A major)
(A major) (A major)
Verse 2
(A major) Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
(D major) I bet he's wishing
(A major) we could go (F sharp major) fishing
And (D major) here I am a- (E major) layin' in jail (A major)
Interlude 2
(A major) Well, papa, don't you worry
about it (A major) none, now
Everything's gonna be alright, papa (A major)
They're teaching us a lesson a day (A major)
We're learning pretty well too
We've already learned (A major)
a whole lot of stuff already
Things (A major) like
Chorus 2
There ain't no (A major) good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't (D major) go writing hot checks
(A major) down in Mississippi (F sharp major)
And there (D major) ain't (C major) no (A major) good (C major) chain (A major) gang
Chorus 3
There ain't no (A major) good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't (D major) go writing hot checks
(A major) down in Mississippi (F sharp major)
And there (D major) ain't (C major) no (A major) good (C major) chain (A major) gang
Solo 2
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
(D major) (A major) (F sharp major)
(D major) (C major) (A major) (C major) (A major)
Chorus 4
There ain't no (A major) good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't (D major) go writing hot checks
(A major) down in Mississippi (F sharp major)
And there (D major) ain't (C major) no (A major) good (C major) chain (A major) gang
[Repeat and fade]
There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
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