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Aint No Good Chain Gang

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Treecky did a good job on this tab
but I changed some of the E chords
to F#7 it sounded better.
CAPO ON FIRST FRET
Verse One (Waylon):
AI'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back home
AI bet your sister's still on the phone
I bet Dmama's in the kitchen, Acooking fried chickF#en
WisB7hing that I Ehadn't done wArong
Verse Two (Johnny - Spoken):
ADon't you worry about us none now, mama
AEverything's gonna be all right, mama
AThey're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mama
Things like...
Chorus (Johnny with Waylon as harmony/background singer):
AThere ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
AAnd I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you Ddon't go writin' hot cheques, Adown in MississipF#pi
And there B7ain't no Egood chain Agang
Instrumental - Waylon on guitar. See bottom of document...
Verse Three (Waylon):
APapa's readin' yesterday's mail
AWishin' that the hay was all bailed
I'll Dbet he's a-wishin' he Acould go fishinF#'
And here B7I am a-Elaying in Ajail
Verse Four (Jonnhy - Spoken):
ADon't you worry about us now, Papa
AThey're teaching us a lesson a day, we're learning pretty well, too
AWe've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like...
Chorus 
AThere ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
AAnd I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you Ddon't go writin' hot cheques, Adown in MississipF#pi
And there B7ain't no Egood chain Agang
Chorus 
AThere ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
AAnd I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you Ddon't go writin' hot cheques, Adown in MississipF#pi
And there B7ain't no Egood chain Agang
Waylon guitar part (similar to first)
AThere ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
AAnd I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you Ddon't go writin' hot cheques, Adown in MississipF#pi
And there B7ain't no Egood chain Agang

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Aint No Good Chain Gang

by Johnny Cash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Treecky did a good job on this tab

but I changed some of the E chords

to F#7 it sounded better.

CAPO ON FIRST FRET

Verse One (Waylon):

I'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back home

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):

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):

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

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):

Papa's readin' yesterday's mail

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):

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

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

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

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

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)

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

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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