I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
Johnny Cash
(Capo 1st. Fret – Recorded in “G)

Intro: G-C-G-C-G-D-G
       G            C                G
I got rid of the shackles that bound me 
                           A       D
And the guards that were always around me.
             G           C            G          C
There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail,
         G              D        G
But I'm free from the chain gang now.

                     C             G  
All the years I was known and respected,
                     A         D
Till one day I was wrongly suspected.
        G            C           G     C
I was shackled in chains in the cold freezin' rain,
     G                  D        G
But I'm free from the chain gang now.

Instrumental: (Chords same as the last two lines above-X2)
                     C           G
All the years I was known by a number,
               A          D 
How I kept my mind is a wonder.
        G         C         G       C 
Like a bird in a tree I got my liberty
         G              D         G
And I'm free from the chain gang now.

                   C                 G
I got rid of the shackles that bound me 
                            A          D  
And the guards that were always around me
             G           C           G          C
There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail,
         G              D        G
But I'm free from the chain gang now.

             G           C            G          C
There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail,
         G              D        G
But I'm free from the chain gang now.