Blackjack County Chain Chords by Charley Crockett

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_ I was standing [Ab] beside the road [Bbm] in Blackjack County, _ _ _ not knowing [Ab] the sheriff [F] paid a bounty. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] Men like [Ab] me who didn't [Gb] have any to [F] our name. _ _
[Bbm] So he locked my [Ab] leg to 35 [F] pounds of Blackjack [Bbm] County chain. _
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_ _ And all we [Ab] had to eat was [Bbm] bread and water. _
_ _ And each day we had [Ab] filled that [F] road a mile and a quarter.
_ _ [Bbm] Black Snake [Ab] whip would cut off backs, [Gb] some poor fool [F] complained.
_ And [Bbm] you couldn't fight [Ab] back wearing 35 [Fm] pounds of Blackjack [Bbm] County chain. _
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_ _ And then one night [Ab] when the sheriff [Bbm] was sleeping, _ _ _ he gathered [Ab] all around him [F] slowly creeping. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] Heaven helped [Ab] me to forget, [Gb] night in the [F] cold, cold rain. _ _
[Bbm] When we beat him to death [Ab] with 35 [F] pounds of Blackjack [Bbm] County chain. _
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_ _ Now the whip marks [Ab] have all healed [Bbm] and I am thankful that there's nothing but [Ab] these scars around [F] my ankles.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Most of [Ab] all I'm glad no [Gb] man will be a slave [F] again. _ _ _
[Bbm] To a Black Snake whip [Ab] and 35 [F] pounds of Blackjack [Bbm] County chain. _
_ _ To a Black [Bb] Snake whip [Ab] and 35 pounds [F] of Blackjack [Bbm] County chain. _ _ _ _
[F] Blackjack County [Bbm] chain. _ _
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