There Aint No Good Chain Gang Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
[Bb]Bet it ain't raining back home,
[Bb]Bet you sister's still on the phone,
Bet [Eb]momma's in the kitchen [Bb]cooking fried [G]chicken,
[Eb]Wishing that I [F]hadn't done [Bb]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]And you d[Eb]on't go writing hot checks d[Bb]own in Mississ[G]ippi,
And there a[Eb]in't [Db]no [Bb]good c[Ab]hain [Bb]gang.

[SOLO]
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[VERSE 2]
[Bb]Papa's reading yesterday's mail,
[Bb]Wishing that the hay was all bailed,
Well [Eb]I bet he's wishing [Bb]he could go f[G]ishing,
And h[Eb]ere I am a'[F]lazing in j[Bb]ail.

[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,
And you [Eb]don't go writing hot checks d[Bb]own in Mississi[G]ppi,
And there a[Eb]in't [Db]no [Bb]good c[Ab]hain [Bb]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,
And you [Eb]don't go writing hot checks d[Bb]own in Mississi[G]ppi,
And there a[Eb]in't [Db]no [Bb]good c[Ab]hain [Bb]gang.

[SOLO]
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[CHORUS]
[Bb]There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman,
[Bb]And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James,
And you [Eb]don't go writing hot checks d[Bb]own in Mississi[G]ppi,
And there a[Eb]in't [Db]no [Bb]good c[Ab]hain [Bb]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,
And you [Eb]don't go writing hot checks d[Bb]own in Mississi[G]ppi,
And there a[Eb]in't [Db]no [Bb]good c[Ab]hain [Bb]gang.