There Ain't No Good Chain Gang chords by The Highwaymen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

(Waylon)

N.C.
Here's a song me and John did when we were just children

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Verse 1:

Waylon

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Bet it ain't-a rainin' back home
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I Bet your sister's still on the phone
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I bet Momma's in the kitchen cookin' fried chicken
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wishin' that I hadn't done wrong
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Take it John

(Johnny)

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Ah but don't you worry 'bout us no none Momma we'll be alright
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They're takin' good care of us in here
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Just the other the day the warden came to me and he said, I hear you got a turkey for Christmas
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And I said I ain't never touched a turkey in my life have you
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I said what happened to it, he said a guard got it
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I went to that guard and said, you get my turkey
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He said, yeah I got your turkey so what
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I said, you got your turkey didn't ya


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
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And you don't go writin' hot checks
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Down in Mississippi
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And there ain't no good chain gang


Solo:

Play the chorus chords otherwise Waylon plays something along these lines:

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Verse 2:

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(Waylon)

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Papa's readin' yesterdays mail
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Wishin' that the hay was all bailed
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I bet he's-a wishin' Momma'd stay in the kitchen
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Here I am a-layin' in jail

(Johnny)

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Don't you worry 'bout us now none Papa we'll do alright
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I was hangin' around the fence the other day and this guard come up to me and he said
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What're ya hangin' around here for, and I said
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For whatever's goin' around I'll have some
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He said, you're a smart aleck in't ya and I said
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No sir I just didn't have any breakfast
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I just get that way sometimes durin' the middle of the day


Chorus:

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There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writin' hot checks
E    B
Down in Mississippi
     D   G E  C   A
And there ain't no good chain gang


A
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D
And you don't go writin' hot checks
E    B
Down in Mississippi
     D   G E  C   A
And there ain't no good chain gang


D
And you don't go writin' hot checks
E    B
Down in Mississippi
     D   G E  C   A
And there ain't no good chain gang

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