There Ain't No Good Chain Gang Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][A][A][A]

[Verse 1]
[A]Bet it ain't a- raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet [D]momma's in the kitchen
[A]cooking fried [F#]chicken
[D]Wishing that I [E]hadn't done [A]wrong

[Interlude 1]
[A]Momma, don't you worry
about it none though
[A]Everything's gonna be alright, momma
[A]They're teaching us a lot of new
[A]things in here, momma
[A]Things like

[Chorus 1]
There ain't no [A]good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you [D]don't go writing hot checks
[A]down in Missis[F#]sippi
And there [D]ain't [C]no [A]good [C]chain [A]gang

[Solo 1]
[A][A][A][A]
[D][A][F#]
[D][C][A][C][A]
[A][A]

[Verse 2]
[A]Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
[D]I bet he's wishing
[A]we could go [F#]fishing
And [D]here I am a- [E]layin' in [A]jail

[Interlude 2]
[A]Well, papa, don't you worry
about it [A]none, now
Everything's gonna be alright, pa[A]pa
They're teaching us a lesson a [A]day
We're learning pretty well too
We've already [A]learned
a whole lot of stuff already
[A]Things like

[Chorus 2]
There ain't no [A]good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you [D]don't go writing hot checks
[A]down in Missis[F#]sippi
And there [D]ain't [C]no [A]good [C]chain [A]gang

[Chorus 3]
There ain't no [A]good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you [D]don't go writing hot checks
[A]down in Missis[F#]sippi
And there [D]ain't [C]no [A]good [C]chain [A]gang

[Solo 2]
[A][A][A][A]
[D][A][F#]
[D][C][A][C][A]

[Chorus 4]
There ain't no [A]good in an evil– hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you [D]don't go writing hot checks
[A]down in Missis[F#]sippi
And there [D]ain't [C]no [A]good [C]chain [A]gang
[Repeat and fade]