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

1978Country1.4K views

Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Bet it ain't a- raining back home

Bet your sister's still on the phone

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Bet momma's in the kitchen

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cooking fried chicken

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Wishing that I hadn't done wrong

Interlude 1

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Momma, don't you worry

about it none though

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Everything's gonna be alright, momma

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They're teaching us a lot of new

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things in here, momma

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Chorus 1

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

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

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And you don't go writing hot checks

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down in Mississippi

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And there ain't no good chain gang

Solo 1

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Verse 2

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Papa's reading yesterday's mail

Wishing that the hay was all baled

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I bet he's wishing

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we could go fishing

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And here I am a- layin' in jail

Interlude 2

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Well, papa, don't you worry

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about it none, now

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Everything's gonna be alright, papa

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They're teaching us a lesson a day

We're learning pretty well too

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We've already learned

a whole lot of stuff already

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Chorus 2

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

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

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And you don't go writing hot checks

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down in Mississippi

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And there ain't no good chain gang

Chorus 3

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

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

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And you don't go writing hot checks

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down in Mississippi

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And there ain't no good chain gang

Solo 2

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Chorus 4

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

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

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And you don't go writing hot checks

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down in Mississippi

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And there ain't no good chain gang

[Repeat and fade]

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ChordsBb7 Bb Eb G F...

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Bb
Eb
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Eb5
Db5
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Capo: 1

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Chords

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