intro :

| G# | C# | G# | C#/F |
| G# | D#/G | G# | G# |

C# G#
i got rid of the shackles that bound me
A#7 D#
and the guards that were always around me .
G# C#
there were tears on the mail
G# C#/F
mother wrote me in jail ,
G# D#/G G#
but i’m free from the chain gang now .

C# G#
all the years i was known and re – spected
A#7 D#
till one day i was wrongly suspect – ed .
G# C#
i was shack – led in chains
G# C#/F
in the cold , freezin’ rain ,
G# D#/G G#
but i’m free from the chain gang now .

interlude :

| G# | C# | G# | C#/F |
| G# | D#/G | G# | G# |

C# G#
all the years i was known by a number .
A#7 D#
how i kept my mind is a wonder .
G# C#
but like a bird in a tree ,
G# C#/F
i got my liber – ty ,
G# D#/G G#
and i’m free from the chain gang now .

C# G#
i got rid of the shackles that bound me
A#7 D#
and the guards that were always around me .
G# C#
there were tears on the mail
G# C#/F
mother wrote me in jail ,
G# D#/G G#
but i’m free from the chain gang now .

G# C#
there were tears on the mail
G# C#/F
mother wrote me in jail ,
G# D#/G G#
but i’m free from the chain gang now .

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