Blackjack County Chain chords by Charley Crockett

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Capo on 1

Intro:
A minorAm E MajorE E/G A minorAm

Verse 1:
   A minorAm         G+G         A minorAm
I was standin' beside the road in Blackjack County
  A minorAm     G+G       E MajorE
Not knowing the sheriff paid a bounty
  A minorAm       G+G       FF       E MajorE
For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names
   A minorAm        G+G           E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain

Verse 2:
  A minorAm      G+G        A minorAm
And all we had to eat was bread and water
     A minorAm      G+G         E MajorE
And each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter
 A minorAm           G+G         FF         E MajorE
A augmentedA black snake whip would crack our backs if some poor fool complained
    A minorAm             G+G           E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
And you couldn't fight back wearin' thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain

Verse 3:
  A minorAm           G+G       A minorAm
And then one night when the sheriff was a-sleepin'
  A minorAm       G+G        E MajorE
We gathered all around him slowly creepin'
A minorAm       G+G       FF            E MajorE
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold, cold rain
    A minorAm           G+G           E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
When we beat him to death with thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain

Interlude:
A minorAm E MajorE E/G A minorAm
Am E MajorE E/G A minorAm

Verse 4:
    A minorAm         G+G        A minorAm
Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful
       A minorAm        G+G        E MajorE
That there's nothing but these scars around my ankles
  A minorAm       G+G        FF      E MajorE
But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again
   A minorAm          G+G           E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
To a black snake whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
   A minorAm          G+G           E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
To a black snake whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
Blackjack County chain
E MajorE     E/G  A minorAm
Blackjack County chain