Johnny Cash - Chain Gang: chords

A                 D
I was just a kid roaming around
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Traveling thru a little old town
A                         D
A man walked up and said come with me
       E                A
Your broken son that's vagrancy
   A                  D
A care-free lad that loved to roam but
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Lord I wish I'd-a stayed at home
A                       D
The way it looks I'll probably hang
            E               A
Cause there ain't no hope on a chain gang

Chorus:
   D                 A
I dig that ditch I chop that corn
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I curse the day that I was born
     A                       D
I believe it's better for a man to hang
         E                     A
Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

The guard stands there with a great big gun
I bet he'd love to see me run
And I guess, I probably will some day
I'd rather be dead than to live this way
He's well fed and he's six foot tall
And he's a meanest of them all
He cracks that whip and he swings that cane
That sun must've touched his brain

Chorus

I got a gal back home that's sweet and kind
But she's been waiting a long, long time
I just told her to forget my name
I won't ever live down the shame
Lord, deliver me from this hole
Before I lose my mind and soul
The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke
There is no because to laugh and joke

Chorus

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Work like a dog on a chain gang
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Work like a dog on a chain gang