Johnny Cash - Chain Gang guitar chord

CHAIN GANG

Album: Blood, Sweat and Tears

KEY: A

INTRO: A D E A

VERSE:

A D

I was just a kid roaming around

E A

Traveling thru a little old town

A D

A man walked up and said come with me

A E A

Your broken son that's vagrancy

A care-free lad that loved to roam but

Lawd I wish I'd-a stayed at home

The way it looks I'll probably hang

Cause there ain't no hope on a chain gang

CHORUS:

D A

I dig that ditch I chop that corn

E A

I curse the day that I was born

A D

I believe it's better for a man to hang

D E A

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

BREAK: A D E A

VERSE:

The guard stands there with a great big gun

I bet he'd love to see me run

And I guess I probably will someday

I'd rather be dead than to live this way

He's well-fed and he's six-foot tall

And he's the meanest of them all

He cracks that whip and he swings that cane

That sun must've touched his brain

CHORUS:

I dig that ditch I chop that corn

I curse the day that I was born

I believe it's better for a man to hang

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

BREAK: A D E A D E A

VERSE:

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 his hole

Before I lose my mind and soul

The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke

There ain't no cause to laugh and joke

CHORUS:

I dig that ditch I chop that corn

I curse the day that I was born

I believe it's better for a man to hang

Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

Work like a dog on a chain gang

Work like a dog on a chain gang