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

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Bet it ain't raining back home,
Bet you sister's still on the phone,
C 
Bet  (C major) momma's in the kitchen
G 
Em 
 (G major) cooking fried  (E minor) chicken,
C 
D 
 (C major) Wishing that I  (D major) hadn't done wrong.
G 
 (G major) 

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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
G 
And I  (G major) ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
C 
And you don't  (C major) go writing hot
G 
Em 
checks  (G major) down in Mississip (E minor) pi,
G 
F 
D 
G 
And there  (G major) ain't  (F major) no  (D major) good  (G major) chain
C 
G 
Em 
G 
gang.  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 4
Papa's reading yesterday's mail,
G 
 (G major) Wishing that the hay was all bailed,
C 
G 
E 
 (C major) I  bet he's wishing  (G major) he could go  (E major) fishing,
Em 
C 
D 
G 
 (E minor) And  (C major) here I am  (D major) a'lazing in jail.  (G major) 
Well, papa,
don't you worry about it none,

Verse 5
G 
Now, everything's gonna be alright, papa,  (G major) 
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
G 
Things  (G major) like there ain't no good
in an evil hearted woman,
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
C 
And you don't  (C major) go writing hot
G 
Em 
checks  (G major) down in Mississip (E minor) pi,
C 
F 
D 
C 
G 
And there  (C major) ain't  (F major) no  (D major) good  (C major) chain  (G major) gang. There
ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

Verse 7
G 
And I  (G major) ain't cut out to be
Gm 
G 
no Jesse James,  (G minor)  (G major) 
C 
And you don't  (C major) go writing hot
G 
Em 
checks  (G major) down in Mississip (E minor) pi,
G 
F 
C 
G 
And there  (G major) ain't  (F major) no  (C major) good  (G major) chain
C 
G 
Em 
G 
Bb 
gang.  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (B flat major) 
G 
 (G major) 
There ain't no good in an
evil hearted woman,

Verse 8
G 
D 
G 
And I  (G major) ain't cut out to be no Jesse  (D major) James,  (G major) 
C 
And you don't  (C major) go writing hot
G 
Em 
checks  (G major) down in Mississip (E minor) pi,
G 
F 
D 
G 
And there  (G major) ain't  (F major) no  (D major) good  (G major) chain gang. There
ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,