Chain Gang Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][Eb]

[Verse 1]
James [Eb]Jay, James [D]Jay
I was just a kid, a [G]-roamin' around
Trav[A]elin' through a [D]little old town
When a sheriff walked up and said,
come [G]with me
You're [A]broke and, that's [D]vagrancy
Just a carefree lad who [G]loved to roam
And [A]how I wish I had [D]stayed at home
For the way that I'm treated
I would [G]rather hang
It's [A]no life for living on a [D]chain gang
I [G]dig that ditch, I [D]chop that corn
And [A]curse the day that [D]I was born
I believe it's better for a [G]man to hang
Than [A]work like a dog on a [D]chain gang
[Eb]Change, change, [D]change, change
Well the God stands there with a [G]great big gun
I [A]bet he'd love to [D]see me run
And I guess I probably will [G]someday
I'd [A]rather be dead than to [D]live this way
He looks well fed and he's [G]six feet tall
And [A]he's the meanest [D]of us all
For he cracks that whip
and he [G]swings that cane
I [A]reckon the sun must have
[D]touched his brain
[G]I dig that ditch, I c[D]hop that corn
And [A]curse the day that [D]I was born
I believe it's better for a [G]man to hang
Than work [A]like a dog on a [D]chain gang
[Eb]Ching, ching, ching, [D]ching, ching
I got a gal back home
who's [G]true and kind
And [A]she's been a -waitin' a [D]long, long time
I wrote and told her, for[G]get my name
For [A]I'll never lose this [D]ching, ching, ching
Dear heaven, deliver me [G]from this hole
Where a [A]man can lose his [D]mind and soul
Where the flesh gets weak,
and the [G]back gets broke
And [A]there's no cause to [D]laugh and joke
I [G]dig that ditch, I [D]chop that corn
And [A]curse the day that [D]I was born
I believe it's better for a [G]man to hang
Than [A]work like a dog on a [D]chain gang
[A]Work like a dog on a [D]chain gang
[A]Work like a dog on a [D]chain gang
[A]Work like a dog on a [D]chain gang
Work[A]er like a dog on a [D]chain gang
Work[A]er like a dog on a [D]chain gang