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Aint No Good Chain Gang

Johnny Cash

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Aint No Good Chain Gang

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AI'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back homeI bet your sister's still on the phoneI bet mama's in the kitchen, cooking fried chickenWishing that I hadn't done wrongVerse Two (Johnny - Spoken):ADon't you worry about us none now, mamaEverything's gonna be all right, mamaThey're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mamaThings like...Chorus (Johnny with Waylon as harmony/background singer):AThere ain't no good in an evil-hearted womanAnd I ain't cut out to be no Jesse JamesAnd you don't go writin' hot cheques, down in MississippiAnd there ain't no good chain gangInstrumental - Waylon on guitar. See bottom of document...Verse Three (Waylon):Papa's readin' yesterday's mailWishin' that the hay was all bailedI'll bet he's a-wishin' he could go fishin'And here I am a-laying in jailVerse Four (Jonnhy - Spoken):Don't you worry about us now, PapaThey're teaching us a lesson a day, we're learning pretty well, tooWe've already learned a whole lot of stuff alreadyThings like...
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