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[Intro 1] [Am][G][F][E][Am][G][Am] [G] [Verse 1] I was sit[Am]tin' beside the [G]road in Blackjack [Am]County Not knowin' that the [C]sher iff paid a [E]bounty [Am]For men like me who [G]didn't have a [F]penny to our [E]names Well he [Am]locked my leg to [G]thirty- five pounds of [Am]Blackjack [G]County chain [Am] [Verse 2] [Am]All we had to [G]eat was bread and wa[Am]ter Each day we had to build that [C]road a mile and a [E]quarter A [Am]black sneak whip would [G]cut our backs [F]when some poor fool com[E]plained But you couldn't [Am]fight back wearin' [G]thirty- five pounds of [Am]Blackjack [G]County [Am]chain[G][F][E][Am] [G][Am] [G][ guitar ] One [Am]night while the sher [G]iff he laid [Am]sleepin' We all gathered [C]round him [E]slowly creepin' [Am]Heaven help me [G]to forget that [F]night in the cold [E]cold rain When we [Am]beat him death with [G]thirty- five pounds of Black[Am]jack County [G]chain [Am] [Verse 3] All the whip marks have all [G]healed and I am [Am]thankful All that there's nothing but a [C]scar around my [E]ankle But [Am]most of all I'm [G]glad no man will [F]be a slave [E]again To [Am]a black sneak whip and [G]thirty- five pounds of [Am]Blackjack [G]County [Am]chain Blackjack [G]County [Am]chain Blackjack [G]County [Am]chain
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