CHAIN GANG
Album: Blood, Sweat and Tears

KEY: A

INTRO: A  D  E  A

VERSE:
A                D
I was just a kid roaming around
E                A
Traveling thru a little old town
A                        D
A man walked up and said come with me
A    E                 A   
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:
  D                A
I dig that ditch I chop that corn
  E                  A
I curse the day that I was born
A                           D
I believe it's better for a man to hang
D       E                    A
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