There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings (Official Version)
Intro 1
A7
A7
A7
A7
Verse 1
A
Bet it ain't a- raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
D
Bet momma's in the kitchen
A
F#
cooking fried chicken
D
E
A7
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
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Interlude 1
A7
Momma, don't you worry
about it none though
A7
Everything's gonna be alright, momma
A7
They're teaching us a lot of new
A7
things in here, momma
A7
Things like
Chorus 1
A
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writing hot checks
A
F#
down in Mississippi
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Solo 1
A
A
A
A
D
A
F#
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
A7
A7
Verse 2
A
Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
D
I bet he's wishing
A
F#
we could go fishing
D
E
A7
And here I am a- layin' in jail
Interlude 2
A7
Well, papa, don't you worry
A7
about it none, now
A7
Everything's gonna be alright, papa
A7
They're teaching us a lesson a day
We're learning pretty well too
A7
We've already learned
a whole lot of stuff already
A7
Things like
Chorus 2
A
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writing hot checks
A
F#
down in Mississippi
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Chorus 3
A
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writing hot checks
A
F#
down in Mississippi
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Solo 2
A
A
A
A
D
A
F#
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
Chorus 4
A
There ain't no good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writing hot checks
A
F#
down in Mississippi
D5
C5
A5
C5
A
And there ain't no good chain gang
[Repeat and fade]
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