There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
Johnny Cash And Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash And Waylon Jennings

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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Bet it ain't raining back home,
Bet you sister's still on the phone,
C
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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.
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Verse 2
Momma, don't you worry about it none though,
Everything's gonna be alright,
momma,
They're teaching us a lot of new
things in here, momma,
Things like there ain't no good
in an evil hearted woman,
Verse 3
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And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
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And you don't go writing hot
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Em
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checks down in Mississippi,
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And there ain't no good chain
C
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G
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Em
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gang.
Verse 4
Papa's reading yesterday's mail,
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Wishing that the hay was all bailed,
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I bet he's wishing he could go fishing,
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And here I am a'lazing in jail.
Well, papa,
don't you worry about it none,
Verse 5
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Now, everything's gonna be alright, papa,
They're teaching us a lesson today,
We're learning pretty well too,
We've already learned a
whole lot of stuff already,
Verse 6
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Things like there ain't no good
in an evil hearted woman,
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
C
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And you don't go writing hot
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Em
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checks down in Mississippi,
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And there ain't no good chain gang. There
ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Verse 7
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And I ain't cut out to be
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no Jesse James,
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And you don't go writing hot
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Em
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checks down in Mississippi,
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And there ain't no good chain
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gang.
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There ain't no good in an
evil hearted woman,
Verse 8
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And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
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And you don't go writing hot
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checks down in Mississippi,
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And there ain't no good chain gang. There
ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
Verse 9
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And you don't go writing hot
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checks down in Mississippi,
And there ain't no good chain gang.

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