Chords for Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings- There Aint No Good Chain Gang
Tempo:
83.825 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I love you [G] buddy.
I always wanted to sing a song about prison.
I wanted to sing about my friend, who was in prison.
[A]
I heard it ain't a rainy day.
And that your sister's still on the phone.
[B]
[C#] [D] That mama's in the kitchen, [A] [F#m] cooking fried chicken.
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done it wrong.
[A] Oh, but don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright mama.
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here.
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil heart.
There ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[G] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[A] And [G] there ain't no [A] good changing.
[D]
[A] [F#m] [A]
[G] [Am] [A]
Papa's reading yesterday's mail.
Wishing that the hay was all [Am] baked.
[D] I bet he's wishing [A] we [F#m] could go fishing.
[D] [E] Here I am laying [A] in jail.
Oh, but papa don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright.
They're teaching us a lesson today and we're learning pretty well.
We already learned the
There ain't no good in an evil heart.
And there ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[D]
And you don't go writing [A] heart checks down [F#] in [A] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing.
[Am] [A] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[D] There [G] ain't no [A] good changing.
[D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks [F#] down in Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing.
[G]
I always wanted to sing a song about prison.
I wanted to sing about my friend, who was in prison.
[A]
I heard it ain't a rainy day.
And that your sister's still on the phone.
[B]
[C#] [D] That mama's in the kitchen, [A] [F#m] cooking fried chicken.
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done it wrong.
[A] Oh, but don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright mama.
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here.
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil heart.
There ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[G] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[A] And [G] there ain't no [A] good changing.
[D]
[A] [F#m] [A]
[G] [Am] [A]
Papa's reading yesterday's mail.
Wishing that the hay was all [Am] baked.
[D] I bet he's wishing [A] we [F#m] could go fishing.
[D] [E] Here I am laying [A] in jail.
Oh, but papa don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright.
They're teaching us a lesson today and we're learning pretty well.
We already learned the
There ain't no good in an evil heart.
And there ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[D]
And you don't go writing [A] heart checks down [F#] in [A] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing.
[Am] [A] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[D] There [G] ain't no [A] good changing.
[D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks [F#] down in Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing.
[G]
Key:
A
D
G
F#
F#m
A
D
G
I love you [G] buddy. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I always wanted to sing a song about prison.
I wanted to sing about my friend, who was in prison.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I heard it ain't a rainy _ _ day.
And that your sister's still on the phone.
[B] _
[C#] [D] That mama's in the kitchen, [A] [F#m] cooking fried chicken.
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done it wrong.
_ [A] _ _ Oh, but don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright mama.
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here.
Things like_
There ain't no good in an evil heart. _ _
There ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[G] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[A] And [G] there ain't no [A] good changing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A]
Papa's _ _ _ _ _ reading yesterday's mail. _ _
Wishing that the hay was all [Am] baked.
[D] I bet he's wishing [A] we [F#m] could go fishing.
[D] [E] Here I am laying [A] in jail. _
Oh, but papa don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright.
They're teaching us a lesson today and we're learning pretty well.
We already learned _ _ _ the_
There ain't no good in _ _ an evil heart.
And there ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
_ [D]
And you don't go writing [A] heart checks down [F#] in [A] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[D] There [G] ain't no [A] good changing.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks [F#] down in Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I always wanted to sing a song about prison.
I wanted to sing about my friend, who was in prison.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I heard it ain't a rainy _ _ day.
And that your sister's still on the phone.
[B] _
[C#] [D] That mama's in the kitchen, [A] [F#m] cooking fried chicken.
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done it wrong.
_ [A] _ _ Oh, but don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright mama.
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here.
Things like_
There ain't no good in an evil heart. _ _
There ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[G] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[A] And [G] there ain't no [A] good changing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A]
Papa's _ _ _ _ _ reading yesterday's mail. _ _
Wishing that the hay was all [Am] baked.
[D] I bet he's wishing [A] we [F#m] could go fishing.
[D] [E] Here I am laying [A] in jail. _
Oh, but papa don't you worry about it none though.
Everything's gonna be alright.
They're teaching us a lesson today and we're learning pretty well.
We already learned _ _ _ the_
There ain't no good in _ _ an evil heart.
And there ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
_ [D]
And you don't go writing [A] heart checks down [F#] in [A] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks down [F#] in Mississippi.
[D] There [G] ain't no [A] good changing.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart [A] checks [F#] down in Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't no good [A] changing. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _