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There Ain't No Good Chain Gang by Johnny Cash
There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
Verse One (Waylon):
A
I'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back home
I bet your sister's still on the phone
D A F#7
I bet mama's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
D E7 A
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Verse Two (Johnny - Spoken):
A
Don't you worry about us none now, mama
Everything's gonna be all right, mama
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mama
Things like...
Chorus (Johnny with Waylon as harmony/background singer):
A
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D A F#7
And you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in Mississippi
A E7 A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Instrumental - Waylon on guitar. See bottom of document...
Verse Three (Waylon):
Papa's readin' yesterday's mail
Wishin' that the hay was all bailed
I'll bet he's a-wishin' he could go fishin'
And here I am a-laying in jail
Verse Four (Jonnhy - Spoken):
Don't you worry about us now, Papa
They're teaching us a lesson a day, we're learning pretty well, too
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like...
Chorus x2
Waylon guitar part (similar to first)
Chorus x2 - Fade out half way through second one
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
changed some of the E chords
to F#7 it sounded better.
CAPO ON FIRST FRET
Verse One (Waylon):
A
I'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back home
A
I bet your sister's still on the phone
D A F#
I bet mama's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
B7 E A
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Verse Two (Johnny - Spoken):
A
Don't you worry about us none now, mama
A
Everything's gonna be all right, mama
A
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mama
Things like...
Chorus (Johnny with Waylon as harmony/background singer):
A
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D A F#
And you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in Mississippi
B7 E A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Instrumental - Waylon on guitar. See bottom of document...
Verse Three (Waylon):
A
Papa's readin' yesterday's mail
A
Wishin' that the hay was all bailed
D A F#
I'll bet he's a-wishin' he could go fishin'
B7 E A
And here I am a-laying in jail
Verse Four (Jonnhy - Spoken):
A
Don't you worry about us now, Papa
A
They're teaching us a lesson a day, we're learning pretty well, too
A
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like...
Chorus
A
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D A F#
And you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in Mississippi
B7 E A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Chorus
A
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D A F#
And you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in Mississippi
B7 E A
And there ain't no good chain gang
Waylon guitar part (similar to first)
A
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
A
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
D A F#
And you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in Mississippi
B7 E A
And there ain't no good chain gang
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
| Bb | % | % |% |
[Verse 1]
Bb
Bet it ain't raining back home,
Bb
Bet you sister's still on the phone,
Eb Bb G
Bet momma's in the kitchen cooking fried chicken,
Eb F Bb
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
[Pre-chorus]
Bb
Momma, don't you worry about it none though,
Bb
Everything's gonna be alright, momma,
Bb
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, momma,
[Chorus]
Bb
Things like there ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
Bb
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
Bb 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 | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
Bb
Papa's reading yesterday's mail,
Bb
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]
Bb
Well, papa, don't you worry about it none,
Bb
Now, everything's gonna be alright, papa,
Bb
They're teaching us a lesson today,
Bb
We're learning pretty well too,
Bb
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
[Chorus]
Bb
Things like 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.
[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.
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