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I was sittin’ beside the r oad in Black Jack County.
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not knowing that that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
Am G F Am
for men like me that didn’t have a penny to their name.
G Am E Am
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
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And all we had to eat was bread and water,
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and each day we built the road a mile and a quarter,
Am G F Am
a Black Snake Whip, would cut our back,
when some poor Fool co mplained,
G Am E Am
but we couldn’t fight back wearing 35 pounds
of Black Jack Co unty Ch ains.
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One night while the S heriff was a s leeping,
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we all gathered r ound him slowly c reeping,
Am G F Am
and eaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
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when we beat him to death with 35 pounds
of Black Jack County C hains.
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.
I was sittin’ beside the r oad in Black Jack County.
G E
not knowing that that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
Am G F Am
for men like me that didn’t have a penny to their name.
G Am E Am
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
G Am
And all we had to eat was bread and water,
G E
and each day we built the road a mile and a quarter,
Am G F Am
a Black Snake Whip, would cut our back,
when some poor Fool co mplained,
G Am E Am
but we couldn’t fight back wearing 35 pounds
of Black Jack Co unty Ch ains.
G Am
One night while the S heriff was a s leeping,
G E
we all gathered r ound him slowly c reeping,
Am G F Am
and eaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
G Am E Am
when we beat him to death with 35 pounds
of Black Jack County C hains.
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.