Chain Gang by Johnny Cash Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Chain Gang guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Chain Gang by Johnny Cash using guitar or guitar.
This song by Johnny Cash can also be played by that instruments.
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Chain Gang guitar chords has rhythm and included in Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Chain Gang by Johnny Cash Guitar Chords


KEY: A

INTRO: A D E A

VERSE:
I was just a kid roaming around
Traveling thru a little old town
A man walked up and said come with me
Your broken son that’s vagrancy

A care-free lad that loved to roam but
Lawd I wish I’d-a stayed at home
The way it looks I’ll probably hang
Cause there ain’t no hope on a chain gang

CHORUS:
I dig that ditch I chop that corn
I curse the day that I was born
I believe it’s better for a man to hang
Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

BREAK: A D E A

VERSE:
The guard stands there with a great big gun
I bet he’d love to see me run
And I guess I probably will someday
I’d rather be dead than to live this way

He’s well-fed and he’s six-foot tall
And he’s the meanest of them all
He cracks that whip and he swings that cane
That sun must’ve touched his brain

CHORUS:
I dig that ditch I chop that corn
I curse the day that I was born
I believe it’s better for a man to hang
Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

BREAK: A D E A D E A

VERSE:
I got a gal back home that’s sweet and kind
But she’s been waiting a long long time
I just told her to forget my name
I won’t ever live down the shame

Lord deliver me from his hole
Before I lose my mind and soul
The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke
There ain’t no cause to laugh and joke

CHORUS:
I dig that ditch I chop that corn
I curse the day that I was born
I believe it’s better for a man to hang
Than to work like a dog on a chain gang

Work like a dog on a chain gang
Work like a dog on a chain gang

If you want to learn Johnny Cash Chain Gang guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Chain Gang. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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