Johnny Cash – I Got Stripes (Ukulele)

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by Johnny Cash (as done on the Folsom Prison & San Quentin CD) half step on different recordings)
       C               G                                          C
On a Monday, I was arrested. On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail. On a

                            G
Wednesday, my trial was attested. On a Thursday they said guilty and the

               C
judge's gavel fell.

                                  G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                C
I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                   G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
C D (quick
to D)
and them chains them chains They're about to drag me down.
[key change to D] D A
  D
On a Monday, my mama come to see me. On a Tuesday, they caught me with a vial.

                            A
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary. On a Thursday, I start on bread

               D
and water for a while.

                                  A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                D
I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                   A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,

                                                 D
and them chains them chains are about to drag me down.

                                  A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                D
I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                   A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,

                                                     D
and them chains them chains they're 'bout to drag me down.
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