G
Bet it ain’t raining back home
Bet your sister’s still on the phone
C G E7
Bet Momma’s in the kitchen cooking fried chicken
C D7 G
Wishing that I hadn’t done wrong
Spoken:
Yeah Momma don’t you worry about it none though
Everything’s gonna be all right Momma
They’re teaching us a lot of new things in here Momma
Things like
G
There ain’t no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain’t cut out to be no Jesse James
C G E7
And you don’t go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
G C D7 G
And there ain’t no good chain gang
Papa’s reading yesterday’s mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
C G E7
I bet he’s a wishing we could go fishing
C D7 G
And here I am a laying in jail
Spoken:
Well Papa don’t you worry about it none now
Everything’s gonna be all right 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
repeat #3
Bet it ain’t raining back home
Bet your sister’s still on the phone
C G E7
Bet Momma’s in the kitchen cooking fried chicken
C D7 G
Wishing that I hadn’t done wrong
Spoken:
Yeah Momma don’t you worry about it none though
Everything’s gonna be all right Momma
They’re teaching us a lot of new things in here Momma
Things like
G
There ain’t no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain’t cut out to be no Jesse James
C G E7
And you don’t go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
G C D7 G
And there ain’t no good chain gang
Papa’s reading yesterday’s mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
C G E7
I bet he’s a wishing we could go fishing
C D7 G
And here I am a laying in jail
Spoken:
Well Papa don’t you worry about it none now
Everything’s gonna be all right 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
repeat #3
