Chords for Joey Allcorn - Alabama Chain Gang
Tempo:
59.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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My name is Joey Alcorn, I'm a singer-songwriter from down in Columbus, Georgia.
Well, the blues and country music have always kind of ran hand-in-hand from the old people,
you know, back in the 20s and 30s.
You know, an old blues singer once said that, you know, country music wasn't nothing but the white man's blues.
The old country singers like Hank and Johnny Cash and all those guys [F#] like,
Hank learned to play guitar from an [F] old black street singer.
He was a, you know, homeless guy down in Georgiana, Alabama.
And he would [D] walk around the streets playing these old blues songs, you know,
the real old acoustic, flat-top picking blues.
[B] And Hank would, [G] you know, chase him around town wanting to learn how to play guitar.
And that's where Hank learned.
And you can go back to Johnny Cash, and Johnny [D] Cash was singing all the old spiritual songs,
[E] about picking cotton.
Hey, I've been working all day in that Alabama sun.
I tried to fight the law, [B] but the [E] law man won.
He knocked me on my knees, and then he kicked me in my face.
He told me if I died, that I would quickly be replaced.
[A] He can keep your hammer, I'll swing my ball and [E] chain,
because [Em] I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
This one boy started running, thought he could get away.
They put the dogs out [B] on him, and they caught him [E] anyway.
The sheriff said, boy, I've done got you best.
And now I'm gonna put a hole in your chest.
You can keep your hammer, [A] I'll swing my ball and [Em] chain,
because I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
Something like that.
Well, the blues and country music have always kind of ran hand-in-hand from the old people,
you know, back in the 20s and 30s.
You know, an old blues singer once said that, you know, country music wasn't nothing but the white man's blues.
The old country singers like Hank and Johnny Cash and all those guys [F#] like,
Hank learned to play guitar from an [F] old black street singer.
He was a, you know, homeless guy down in Georgiana, Alabama.
And he would [D] walk around the streets playing these old blues songs, you know,
the real old acoustic, flat-top picking blues.
[B] And Hank would, [G] you know, chase him around town wanting to learn how to play guitar.
And that's where Hank learned.
And you can go back to Johnny Cash, and Johnny [D] Cash was singing all the old spiritual songs,
[E] about picking cotton.
Hey, I've been working all day in that Alabama sun.
I tried to fight the law, [B] but the [E] law man won.
He knocked me on my knees, and then he kicked me in my face.
He told me if I died, that I would quickly be replaced.
[A] He can keep your hammer, I'll swing my ball and [E] chain,
because [Em] I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
This one boy started running, thought he could get away.
They put the dogs out [B] on him, and they caught him [E] anyway.
The sheriff said, boy, I've done got you best.
And now I'm gonna put a hole in your chest.
You can keep your hammer, [A] I'll swing my ball and [Em] chain,
because I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
Something like that.
Key:
E
B
D
A
Em
E
B
D
My name is Joey Alcorn, I'm a singer-songwriter from down in Columbus, Georgia.
Well, the blues and country music have always kind of ran hand-in-hand from the old people,
you know, back in the 20s and 30s.
You know, an old blues singer once said that, you know, country music wasn't nothing but the white man's blues.
The old country singers like Hank and Johnny Cash and all those guys [F#] like,
Hank learned to play guitar from an [F] old black street singer.
He was a, you know, homeless guy down in Georgiana, Alabama.
And he would [D] walk around the streets playing these old blues songs, you know,
the real old acoustic, flat-top picking blues.
[B] And Hank would, [G] you know, chase him around town wanting to learn how to play guitar.
And that's where Hank learned.
And you can go back to Johnny Cash, and Johnny [D] Cash was singing all the old spiritual songs,
[E] about picking cotton. _
Hey, I've been working all day in that Alabama sun.
I tried to fight the law, [B] but the [E] law man won.
He knocked me on my knees, and then he kicked me in my face.
He told me if I died, that I would quickly be replaced.
[A] He can keep your hammer, I'll swing my ball and [E] chain,
because [Em] I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
_ _ This one boy started running, thought he could get away.
They put the dogs out [B] on him, and they caught him [E] anyway.
The sheriff said, boy, I've done got you best.
And now I'm gonna put a hole in your chest.
You can keep your hammer, [A] I'll swing my ball and [Em] chain,
because I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
_ _ _ _ Something like that.
Well, the blues and country music have always kind of ran hand-in-hand from the old people,
you know, back in the 20s and 30s.
You know, an old blues singer once said that, you know, country music wasn't nothing but the white man's blues.
The old country singers like Hank and Johnny Cash and all those guys [F#] like,
Hank learned to play guitar from an [F] old black street singer.
He was a, you know, homeless guy down in Georgiana, Alabama.
And he would [D] walk around the streets playing these old blues songs, you know,
the real old acoustic, flat-top picking blues.
[B] And Hank would, [G] you know, chase him around town wanting to learn how to play guitar.
And that's where Hank learned.
And you can go back to Johnny Cash, and Johnny [D] Cash was singing all the old spiritual songs,
[E] about picking cotton. _
Hey, I've been working all day in that Alabama sun.
I tried to fight the law, [B] but the [E] law man won.
He knocked me on my knees, and then he kicked me in my face.
He told me if I died, that I would quickly be replaced.
[A] He can keep your hammer, I'll swing my ball and [E] chain,
because [Em] I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
_ _ This one boy started running, thought he could get away.
They put the dogs out [B] on him, and they caught him [E] anyway.
The sheriff said, boy, I've done got you best.
And now I'm gonna put a hole in your chest.
You can keep your hammer, [A] I'll swing my ball and [Em] chain,
because I'm a lifetime member [B] of the [E] Alabama Chain Gang.
_ _ _ _ Something like that.