Johnny Cash I Got Stripes
Capo. 1st.

Bb  C
     C                G
On a Monday, I was ar-rested (uh huh)
                                    C
On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail (oh boy)
  	  	  	         G
On a Wednesday, my trial was at-tested
                                                     C
On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell

Chorus:
      C                          G
I Got Stripes, stripes around my shoulders
                               C 
I Got Chains, chains around my feet
                                 G
I Got Stripes, stripes around my shoulders
 	  	  	  	  	  	      C
And them chains, them chains they're bout to drag me down

     C 	  	  	     G 	  	  	 
On a Monday, got my striped britches (uh huh)
     	  	  	     C
On a Tuesday, got my ball-n-chain (oh boy)
 	  	  	  	   G
On a Wednesday, I’m workin diggin ditches
 	  	  	  	  	  	        C
On a Thursday, Lord I begged them not to knock me down again

Chorus:

     D                            A
On a Monday, my momma come to see me
                                    D 
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file
  	  	  	  	  A
On a Wednesday, I'm down in soli-tary
                                                     D
On a Thursday Lord, I start on bread and water for a while

      D                          A
I Got Stripes, stripes around my shoulders
                               D   
I Got Chains, chains around my feeeeeet
       	  	  	  	  A
I Got Stripes, stripes around my shoulders
                                      (Decresing     D 
And them chains, them chains they're bout to drag me down

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