Forty Years Of Trouble chords by Aubrey Haynie

♫ Intro:

A D A E
A D A A A




♫ Verse 1:
A                     D
Forty years I’ve been gone
            A                 E
I served my time it’s been so long
         A                  D
I took a life I know it was wrong
             A         E            A
I served my time lord knows I’m going home

♫ Chorus:
         A             D
Shackled to a ball and chain
                A                    E
I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
           A                     D
I laid the tracks never rode the train
               A        E               A
Forty years of suffering forty years of pain


♫ Interlude:
A D A E
A D A A A


♫ Verse 2:
        A                 D
I had a wife and a little queen
           A              E
I’ve had a son I’ve never seen
           A           D
All I have left now it seems
            A    E           A
Is a broken heart and broken dreams
        A
Now I’m old
I’ve done my time


♫ Chorus:
         A             D
Shackled to a ball and chain
                A                    E
I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
           A                     D
I laid the tracks never rode the train
               A        E               A
Forty years of suffering forty years of pain


♫ Interlude:
A D A E
A D A A A


♫ Verse 3:
        A                  D
Now I’m old
I’ve done my time
             A                   E
Ain’t nothin left but to sit and pine
       A                  D
Nobody here even knows my name
          A  E              A
I have no one but myself to blame


♫ Chorus:
         A             D
Shackled to a ball and chain
                A                    E
I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
           A                     D
I laid the tracks never rode the train
               A        E               A
Forty years of suffering forty years of pain


♫ Interlude:
A D A E
A D A E A


♫ Chorus:
         A             D
Shackled to a ball and chain
                A                    E
I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
           A                     D
I laid the tracks never rode the train
               A        E               A
Forty years of suffering forty years of pain
               A        E               A
Forty years of suffering forty years of pain