Johnny Cash – I Got Stripes chords

Tune down 1/2 step
(Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

Intro:

|     C     |     D     |     D     |

                 D                        A7On a Mon - day, I was arrest - ed. (Uh-huh)
                                                           DOn a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail. (Poor boy)
                                                          A7On a Wednesday, my trial was attest - ed.
                                                                                     DOn a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell.

        D                                      A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
                                                 DI got chains, chains around my feet.
                                                 A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
                                                                                       DAnd them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.

        D                                    A7On a Monday, got my striped britches. (Uh-huh)
                                                  DOn a Tuesday, got my ball and chain. (Poor boy)
                                                            A7On a Wednesday, I'm workin' diggin' ditches.
                                                                                                 DOn a Thursday, Lord, I begged them not to knock me down a-gain.

        D                                      A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
                                                 DI got chains, chains around my feet.
                                                 A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
                                                                                       DAnd them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.

                 E                                      B7On a Mon - day, my mama come to see me. (Uh-huh)
                                                            EOn a Tuesday, they caught me with a file. (Poor boy)
                                                        B7On a Wednesday, I'm down in soli-tary.
                                                                                     EOn a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while.

        D                                      A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
                                                 DI got chains, chains around my feet.
                                                 A7I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
                                                                                       DAnd them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.



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