Chords for Charley Crockett | "Blackjack County Chain" | Western AF

_ _ This little number here is _ a
It's a old country song called Black Jack County Chain
_ This old boy named Red Lane wrote it.
He wrote it for Charlie Pryde _
back in 1967, but Charlie Pryde decided not to sing it and so Oh Willie Nelson did _ and
it was a hit on the radio for him till they banned it _ and
Well, I actually know it from a Sanford Clark album called
They call me country because I cut another one off that same album called it's nothing to me _ and
It's the last song on that album and I love the way Sanford did it but actually even old Red Lane's versions
Maybe even Red's [Bbm] might be the best.
I don't know but _ I _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Was standing [Ab] beside the road in [Bbm] Blackjack County
_ Not knowing [Ab] the sheriff had [F] paid a bounty _ _
Men [Bbm] like [Ab] me who didn't [Gb] have a penny to [F] their names
_ [Bbm] So they locked my [Ab] leg to 35 [F] pounds of [Fm] Blackjack [Bbm] County chain
_ And _ _ _ _ _ all [Ab] we had to eat was [Bbm] bread and water
_ And each day we [Ab] had to build that [F] road a mile and a quarter _
[Bbm] black snake [Ab] whip would crack our backs [Gb] some poor [F] fool complained _ _ and
[Bbm] You couldn't fight [Ab] back wearing 35 [Fm] pounds of Blackjack County [Bbm] chain _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then one night [Ab] when the sheriff [Bbm] was sleeping
_ We _ gathered [Ab] all around him [F] slowly creeping _ _ _
[Bb] Heaven [Ab] helped me to forget [Db] that night in the [F] cold cold rain
_ _ [Bb] When we beat him to [Ab] death with the 35 [Fm] pounds of Blackjack County [Bbm] chain
_ Now _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ the whip [Ab] marks have all healed and I [Bbm] am thankful
_ That there's nothing [Ab] but the scars around [F] my ankle _ _ _
[Bbm] Most of [Ab] all, I'm glad no [Db] man will be [Ab] a [F] slave again
_ Do [Bb] a black snake whip [Ab] and 35 [F] pounds of Blackjack County [Bbm] chain
_ _ Do a black [Ab] snake whip and 35 [F] pounds of Blackjack County [Bbm] chain
_ _ [Fm] black _ county [Bbm]
chain
_ _ [F] black _ _ [Fm] county _ [Bbm] _ _ chain _ _
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Just gave you all that [N] well, I bought the camper _ _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ he was okay, you know, he had a