Willie Nelson – Blackjack County Chains (Guitar)

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I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County

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Not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty

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For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names

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   So they locked my leg to 35 pounds of Blackjack County Chain

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And all we had to eat was bread and water

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And each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter

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And a Black Snake Whip would cut our backs, when some poor fool complained

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But you couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Blackjack County Chain

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But then one night while the Sheriff was a-sleeping

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We all gathered round him slowly creeping

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And Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain

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When we beat him to death with 35 pounds of Blackjack County Chain

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Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful

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That there's nothing but a scar around my ankle

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But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again

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To a Black Snake Whip and 35 pounds of Blackjack County Chain

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To a Black Snake Whip and 35 pounds of Blackjack County Chain