Jimmie Rodgers – Im Free From The Chain Gang Now (Guitar)

D                G             D
I got rid of the shackles that bound me

                                A7
And the guards who were always around me

       D           G          D             G
Like a bird in the tree, I've found my liberty

        D             A          D
And I'm free from the chain gang now

               G            D
Long ago I was known and respected

                              A7
Then one day I was falsely suspected

         D         G               D          G
And they put me in chains, working out in the rains

        D             A          D
But I'm free from the chain gang now

| A7 | D | D | G |
(yodel)

                        G         D
I know my mother's poor heart was broken

                                    A7
'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken

           D            G              D          G
There were tears on the mail, that she sent me in jail

        D             A7         D
But I'm free from the chain gang now

                    G          D
All the years I was known by a number

                                     A
Were just years that I spent without slumber

      D             G             D           G
After long years of shame, I have won back my name

        D             A          D
And I'm free from the chain gang now

| A7 | D | D | G |
(yodel)

                   G         D
Now I'm going back home to another

                                       A
She's my sweetheart who's waiting with mother

         D           G                  D            G
And I'll dry all the tears, that's been shedding for years

           D             A          D
'Cause I'm free from the chain gang now

| A7 | D | D |
(yodel)