Chords for I Got Stripes (1988 Version)
Tempo:
108.4 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
C
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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On a Monday I [Bb] was arrested, on a Tuesday they locked me in [Eb] the jail, on a Wednesday my trial was [Bb] tested, on a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel [Eb] fell.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, I got chains, chains around [Eb] my feet, I got stripes, stripes [Bb] around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [Eb] to drag me down.
On a Monday I got my [Bb] stripe of bridges, on a Tuesday I got my [Eb] ball and chain, on a Wednesday I'm working [Bb] digging ditches, on a Thursday Lord I beg them not to knock me [Eb] down again.
I got stripes, stripes around [Bbm] my shoulder, [Bb] I got chains, chains around my feet, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about to drag me down.
[F]
On a Monday my [C] mama come to see me, on a Tuesday they caught [F] me with a plow, on a Wednesday [C] I'm down at solitary, on a Thursday Lord I start on bread and water [F] for a while.
I got stripes, [D] stripes around my [C] shoulder, I got chains, chains around [F] my feet, I got stripes, [C] stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [G] to drag me [F] down.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, I got chains, chains around [Eb] my feet, I got stripes, stripes [Bb] around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [Eb] to drag me down.
On a Monday I got my [Bb] stripe of bridges, on a Tuesday I got my [Eb] ball and chain, on a Wednesday I'm working [Bb] digging ditches, on a Thursday Lord I beg them not to knock me [Eb] down again.
I got stripes, stripes around [Bbm] my shoulder, [Bb] I got chains, chains around my feet, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about to drag me down.
[F]
On a Monday my [C] mama come to see me, on a Tuesday they caught [F] me with a plow, on a Wednesday [C] I'm down at solitary, on a Thursday Lord I start on bread and water [F] for a while.
I got stripes, [D] stripes around my [C] shoulder, I got chains, chains around [F] my feet, I got stripes, [C] stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [G] to drag me [F] down.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
C
Bbm
Bb
Eb
F
On a Monday I [Bb] was arrested, _ on a Tuesday they locked me in [Eb] the jail, _ on a Wednesday my trial was [Bb] tested, _ on a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel [Eb] fell.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, I got chains, chains around [Eb] my feet, I got stripes, stripes [Bb] around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [Eb] to drag me down.
On a Monday I got my [Bb] stripe of bridges, _ on a Tuesday I got my [Eb] ball and chain, _ on a Wednesday I'm working [Bb] digging ditches, on a Thursday Lord I beg them not to knock me [Eb] down again.
I got stripes, stripes around [Bbm] my shoulder, [Bb] I got chains, chains around my feet, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about to drag me down.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
On a Monday my [C] mama come to see me, on a Tuesday they caught [F] me with a plow, on a Wednesday [C] I'm down at solitary, _ on a Thursday Lord I start on bread and water [F] for a while.
I got stripes, [D] stripes around my [C] shoulder, I got chains, chains around [F] my feet, I got stripes, [C] stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [G] to drag me [F] down. _ _ _ _ _
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I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, I got chains, chains around [Eb] my feet, I got stripes, stripes [Bb] around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [Eb] to drag me down.
On a Monday I got my [Bb] stripe of bridges, _ on a Tuesday I got my [Eb] ball and chain, _ on a Wednesday I'm working [Bb] digging ditches, on a Thursday Lord I beg them not to knock me [Eb] down again.
I got stripes, stripes around [Bbm] my shoulder, [Bb] I got chains, chains around my feet, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about to drag me down.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
On a Monday my [C] mama come to see me, on a Tuesday they caught [F] me with a plow, on a Wednesday [C] I'm down at solitary, _ on a Thursday Lord I start on bread and water [F] for a while.
I got stripes, [D] stripes around my [C] shoulder, I got chains, chains around [F] my feet, I got stripes, [C] stripes around my shoulder, and them chains, them chains they're about [G] to drag me [F] down. _ _ _ _ _
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