Chords for Blackjack County Chains Willie Nelson

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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ I was sitting [Ab] beside the road in [Bbm] Blackjack County, _ not knowing [Ab] that the sheriff [F] paid
a bounty _ [Bbm] for men like [Ab] me who didn't [Gb] have a penny [Bbm] to their [F] name. _
[Bbm] So we locked my [Ab] leg to [C] thirty-five [Bb] pounds of Blackjack County chains. _ _ _ _ _ _
All we [Ab] had to eat was [Bb] bread and water.
_ And each day we had [Ab] to build that [F] road a mile and a quarter.
[Bbm] And a black snake [Ab] wig would cut our [Gb] backs when some poor [F] fool complained. _
[Bb] But we couldn't fight [Ab] back, wearing [Eb] thirty-five [Bbm] pounds of [F] Blackjack [Bb] County chains.
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] _ Now one night [Ab] while the sheriff [Bb] was [Eb] sleeping, [Bbm] _ we all [Ab] gathered around him slowly [F] creeping.
_ [Bbm] And heaven [Ab] helped me to forget [Bbm] that night in the cold, cold [F] rain. _
When [Bbm] we beat him to death [Ab] in the thirty-five [Bbm] pounds of Blackjack County chains.
_ _ _ _ _ Now all the whip marks [Ab] have all healed that [Bbm] I am thinking.
For there is nothing [Ab] but a scar [F] around my ankle.
_ [Bbm] But most of [Ab] all I'm glad no [Gb] man will ever be a [F] slave again. _
[Bbm] To a black snake [Ab] whip and thirty-five [Bb] pounds of [F] Blackjack [Bbm] County chains.
[F] Blackjack [Bb] County chains.
Blackjack County chains.
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