There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
AS performed by Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings

Intro:
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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:
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| Eb MajorEb | DbDb | Bb majorBb | AbAb |
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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,
    Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb       G+G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
      Eb MajorEb  DbDb Bb majorBb  AbAb  Bb majorBb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

Chorus:
Bb majorBb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb majorBb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
    Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb       G+G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
      Eb MajorEb  DbDb Bb majorBb  AbAb  Bb majorBb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

Solo:
| Bb majorBb | Eb MajorEb | Bb majorBb | G+G |
| Eb MajorEb | DbDb | Bb majorBb | AbAb |
| Bb majorBb |

Chorus:
Bb majorBb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb majorBb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
    Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb       G+G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
      Eb MajorEb  DbDb Bb majorBb  AbAb  Bb majorBb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

Chorus:
Bb majorBb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb majorBb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
    Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb       G+G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
      Eb MajorEb  DbDb Bb majorBb  AbAb  Bb majorBb
And there ain't no good chain gang.