Johnny Cash – There Aint No Good Chain Gang (Guitar)

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AS performed by Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings [Intro] | Bb | % | % |% | [Verse 1]
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Bet it ain't raining back home,

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Bet you sister's still on the phone,

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Bet momma's in the kitchen cooking fried chicken,

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Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
[Pre-chorus]
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Momma, don't you worry about it none though,

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Everything's gonna be alright, momma,

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They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, momma,
[Chorus]
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Things like there ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

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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 checks down in Mississippi,

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And there ain't no good chain gang.
[Solo] | Bb | Eb | Bb | G | | Eb | Db | Bb | Ab | | Bb | % | % | % | [Verse 2]
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Papa's reading yesterday's mail,

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Wishing that the hay was all bailed,

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Well I bet he's wishing he could go fishing,

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And here I am a'lazing in jail.
[Pre-chorus]
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Well, papa, don't you worry about it none,

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Now, everything's gonna be alright, papa,

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They're teaching us a lesson today,

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We're learning pretty well too,

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We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
[Chorus]
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Things like there ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

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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 checks down in Mississippi,

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And there ain't no good chain gang.
[Chorus]
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There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

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And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,

        Eb                           Bb             G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,

           Eb   Db Bb    Ab   Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.
[Solo] | Bb | Eb | Bb | G | | Eb | Db | Bb | Ab | | Bb | [Chorus]
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

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And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,

        Eb                           Bb             G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,

           Eb   Db Bb    Ab   Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.
[Chorus]
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,

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And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,

        Eb                           Bb             G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,

           Eb   Db Bb    Ab   Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.