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There Aint No Good Chain Gang

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Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel.

Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice

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"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,
Eb F Bb
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,
Eb Db Bb Ab Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

[Solo]
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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,
Eb Bb G
Well I bet he's wishing he could go fishing,
Eb F Bb
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]
Bb
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 Bb G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
Eb Db Bb Ab Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

[Chorus]
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
Eb Bb G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
Eb Db Bb Ab Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

[Solo]
| Bb | Eb | Bb | G |
| Eb | Db | Bb | Ab |
| Bb |

[Chorus]
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
Eb Bb G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
Eb Db Bb Ab Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.

[Chorus]
Bb
There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
Eb Bb G
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
Eb Db Bb Ab Bb
And there ain't no good chain gang.