Johnny Cash - Aint No Good Chain Gang

capo on first fret

verse one ( waylon ) :
A
i’ll bet it ain’t A – rainin’ back home
i bet your sister’s still on the phone
D A E
i bet mama’s in the kitchen , cooking fried chicken
B7 E A
wishing that i hadn’t done wrong

verse two ( johnny – spoken ) :
A
don’t you worry about us none now , mama
everything’s gonna be all right , mama
they’re teaching us a lot of new things in here , mama
things like . . .

chorus ( johnny with waylon as harmony/Background singer ) :
A
there ain’t no good in an evil – hearted woman
and i ain’t cut out to be no jesse james
D A E
and you don’t go writin’ hot cheques , down in mississippi
B7 E A
and there ain’t no good chain gang

instrumental – waylon on guitar . see bottom of document . . .

verse three ( waylon ) :
papa’s readin’ yesterday’s mail
wishin’ that the hay was all bailed
i’ll bet he’s A – wishin’ he could go fishin’
and here i Am A – laying in jail

verse four ( jonnhy – spoken ) :
don’t you worry about us now , papa
they’re teaching us a lesson a day , we’re learning pretty well , too
we’ve already learned a whole lot of stuff already
things like . . .

chorus x2

waylon guitar part ( similar to first )

chorus x2 – fade out half way through second one