Chords for There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)
Tempo:
116.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
F#m
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[A] [N] This is all me and John did when we were just children
[A] It ain't a raining back home.
I bet your sister still on the phone
[D] But mama's in the kitchen [A] cooking fried [F#m] chicken
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done wrong
But don't you worry about us not no mama would be all right
They're taking good care of us in here
Just the other day the warden came to me and he said I hear you got a turkey for Christmas
And I said, I ain't never touched the turkey in my life if you I
Said what happened to it?
He said a guard got it.
I went to that guard
I said you get my turkey and he said yeah, I got you took me so what and I said you got your turkey didn't you?
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted war
And I ain't cut out to be no Chester James
[D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [C#] in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [G] ain't [Em] no [C] good
[A]
Papa's
[D]
[A] [F#m]
[G] [C] [A]
reading yesterday's main
Wishing that the hay was all there.
[D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama stay [F#m] in the kitchen
[D] Here I [E] am a lady [A] J
Don't you worry about us not no Papa would do all right?
I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard come up to me and he said what are you hanging around here?
For and I said for whatever's going around.
I'll have some
He said you're a smart and again, you know, so I just didn't have any breakfast
I just get that way sometime during the middle of the day
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And
And [D] you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [F#m] in Mississippi [A] and there [Em] ain't no
[C] [A] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And I cut out to be no Frank James
[D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down in [F#m] Mississippi and [A] there [Am] ain't no good
[A]
And [D] you don't go riding hot chicks [A]
down in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [Em] ain't [C] no
[A] [N]
[A] It ain't a raining back home.
I bet your sister still on the phone
[D] But mama's in the kitchen [A] cooking fried [F#m] chicken
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done wrong
But don't you worry about us not no mama would be all right
They're taking good care of us in here
Just the other day the warden came to me and he said I hear you got a turkey for Christmas
And I said, I ain't never touched the turkey in my life if you I
Said what happened to it?
He said a guard got it.
I went to that guard
I said you get my turkey and he said yeah, I got you took me so what and I said you got your turkey didn't you?
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted war
And I ain't cut out to be no Chester James
[D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [C#] in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [G] ain't [Em] no [C] good
[A]
Papa's
[D]
[A] [F#m]
[G] [C] [A]
reading yesterday's main
Wishing that the hay was all there.
[D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama stay [F#m] in the kitchen
[D] Here I [E] am a lady [A] J
Don't you worry about us not no Papa would do all right?
I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard come up to me and he said what are you hanging around here?
For and I said for whatever's going around.
I'll have some
He said you're a smart and again, you know, so I just didn't have any breakfast
I just get that way sometime during the middle of the day
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And
And [D] you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [F#m] in Mississippi [A] and there [Em] ain't no
[C] [A] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And I cut out to be no Frank James
[D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down in [F#m] Mississippi and [A] there [Am] ain't no good
[A]
And [D] you don't go riding hot chicks [A]
down in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [Em] ain't [C] no
[A] [N]
100% ➙ 117BPM
A
D
F#m
C
Em
A
D
F#m
[A] _ [N] This is all me and John did when we were just children
[A] _ _ It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ain't a raining back home.
_ _ I bet your sister still on the phone
_ [D] But mama's in the kitchen [A] cooking fried [F#m] chicken
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done wrong
_ _ But don't you worry about us not no mama would be all right
_ They're taking good care of us in here
Just the other day the warden came to me and he said I hear you got a turkey for Christmas _
And I said, I ain't never touched the turkey in my life if you _ I
_ Said what happened to it?
He said a guard got it.
I went to that guard
I said you get my turkey and he said yeah, I got you took me so what and I said you got your turkey didn't you?
_ _ There ain't no good in an evil-hearted war
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Chester James
_ [D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [C#] in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [G] ain't [Em] no [C] good
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Papa's _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ reading yesterday's main
_ _ Wishing that the hay was all there.
_ _ [D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama stay [F#m] in the kitchen
[D] Here I [E] am a lady [A] J
_ Don't you worry about us not no Papa would do all right?
_ I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard come up to me and he said what are you hanging around here?
For and I said for whatever's going around.
I'll have some
He said you're a smart and again, you know, so I just didn't have any breakfast
I just get that way sometime during the middle of the day _
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And
And [D] you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [F#m] in Mississippi [A] and there [Em] ain't no
[C] _ [A] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And I cut out to be no Frank James
_ [D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down in [F#m] Mississippi and [A] there [Am] ain't no good
[A] _
_ And [D] you don't go riding hot chicks [A]
down in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [Em] ain't [C] no
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[A] _ _ It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ain't a raining back home.
_ _ I bet your sister still on the phone
_ [D] But mama's in the kitchen [A] cooking fried [F#m] chicken
[D] Wishing [E] that I [A] hadn't done wrong
_ _ But don't you worry about us not no mama would be all right
_ They're taking good care of us in here
Just the other day the warden came to me and he said I hear you got a turkey for Christmas _
And I said, I ain't never touched the turkey in my life if you _ I
_ Said what happened to it?
He said a guard got it.
I went to that guard
I said you get my turkey and he said yeah, I got you took me so what and I said you got your turkey didn't you?
_ _ There ain't no good in an evil-hearted war
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Chester James
_ [D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [C#] in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [G] ain't [Em] no [C] good
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Papa's _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ reading yesterday's main
_ _ Wishing that the hay was all there.
_ _ [D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama stay [F#m] in the kitchen
[D] Here I [E] am a lady [A] J
_ Don't you worry about us not no Papa would do all right?
_ I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard come up to me and he said what are you hanging around here?
For and I said for whatever's going around.
I'll have some
He said you're a smart and again, you know, so I just didn't have any breakfast
I just get that way sometime during the middle of the day _
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And
And [D] you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down [F#m] in Mississippi [A] and there [Em] ain't no
[C] _ [A] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted
And I cut out to be no Frank James
_ [D] And you don't go riding hot [A] chicks down in [F#m] Mississippi and [A] there [Am] ain't no good
[A] _
_ And [D] you don't go riding hot chicks [A]
down in [F#m] Mississippi [D] and there [Em] ain't [C] no
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _