Blackjack County Chains Chords by The Del Mccoury Band

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_ _ _ _ I was standing by [Bb] the road in [Fm] Blackjack County _ _ _ _ Not knowing that the [Eb] sheriff [Bb] _ paid [C] a bounty
_ _ _ _ [Fm] For men like me [Eb] who didn't have [Bb] a penny [C] to their name
_ [Fm] He locked my [Bb] legs in thirty-five pounds [Fm] of [Cm] Blackjack County [Fm] chain
_ All _ _ _ _ we [Bb] had to eat was [Fm] bread and water _ _ _ _ Every day we [Eb] had to build his [C] road
A mile and a quarter _ [Fm] A black snake whip [Eb] would sting our backs
[Bb] If some fool _ [B] [C] complained _ But [Fm] we couldn't hide back [Bb] wearing thirty-five [Fm] pounds of Blackjack County chain _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Then one [Bb] night the sheriff [F] lay [Fm] sleeping _ _ _ _ _ We all gathered [Eb] round him [C] slowly [Cm] creeping
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Heaven help [Eb] me to forget [Bb] that night in the cold, [C] cold rain [Fm] When we beat him to death [Bb] wearing thirty-five pounds [Fm] of [Cm] Blackjack County [Fm] chain
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_ _ _ wounds [Bb] have all healed and [Fm] I'm thankful _ _ And _ there's nothing left [Eb] but scars around [C] my ankle _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] But best of all [Eb] no man will [Bb] ever be slave [C] again _ [Fm] To a black snake whip [Bb] and thirty-five pounds [Fm] of Blackjack County chain
_ But _ _ _ best of [Eb] all no man will [Bb] ever be slave [C] again _ _ _ _
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