Blackjack County Chains
Christy MooreVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
I was sittin' beside the road in Black Jack County.
not knowing that that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
for men like me that didn't have a penny to their name.
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(2)
And all we had to eat was bread and water,
and each day we built the road a mile and a quarter,
a Black Snake Whip, would cut the back, of any man who complained,
but we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(3)
One night while the Sheriff was gently sleeping,
we all gathered round him slowly creeping,
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
when we beat him to death with 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(Lead slide if you're feeling brave)
(4)
now the whip marks are all healed and I'm thankful,
there's nothing but the scar around my ankle.
but most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again,
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
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Readable chord sheet for Blackjack County Chains by Christy Moore
[Am]I was sittin' beside the [G]road in Black Jack [Am]County. not [C]knowing that that the Sheriff paid a [E]bounty,[E7] for [Am]men like me that d[G]idn't have a [F]penny to their [E]name.[E7] So he [Am]locked my leg to [F]35 pounds of [G]Black Jack County [Am]Chains. (2) [Am]And all we had to [G]eat was bread and [Am]water, and each [C]day we built the road a mile and a [E]quar[E7]ter, a [Am]Black Snake Whip, would [G]cut the back, of [F]any man who com[E]plained,[E7] but we [Am]couldn't fight back wearing [F]35 pounds of [G]Black Jack County [Am]Chains. (3) One night while the [G]Sheriff was gently [Am]sleeping, we [C]all gathered round him slowly [E]creeping,[E7] [Am]Heaven help me to [G]forget that [F]night in the cold cold [E]rain, [E7] when we [Am]beat him to death with [F]35 pounds of [G]Black Jack County [Am]Chains. (Lead slide if you're feeling brave) [Am] [G] [Am] [C] [E] [E7] [Am] [G] [F] [E] [E7] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] (4) [Am]now the whip marks are all [G]healed and I'm [Am]thankful, there's [C]nothing but the scar around my [E]ankle. [E7] but [Am]most of all I'm [G]glad no man will [F]be a slave [E]again,[E7] to a Bla[Am]ck Snake Whip, and [F]35 pounds of [G]Black Jack County [Am]Chain. to a Bla[Am]ck Snake Whip, and [F]35 pounds of [G]Black Jack County [Am]Chain.