C G
On a Monday, I was arrested.
C
On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail.
G
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested.
C
On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell.
[Chorus]
G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
C
I got chains, chains around my feet.
G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
C D
and them chains them chains They're about to drag me down. (quick key change to D)
[Verse 3]
D A
On a Monday, my mama come to see me.
D
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file.
A
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary.
D
On a Thursday, I start on bread and water for a while.
[Chorus]
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
D
I got chains, chains around my feet.
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
D
and them chains them chains are about to drag me down.
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
D
I got chains, chains around my feet.
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
D
and them chains them chains they're 'bout to drag me down.
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[Verse 2]
(Cash didn't play verse 2 in this version, but so many expect to see it that I've appended it)
C G
On A Monday I Got My Stripe-ed Britches.
C
On A Tuesday I Got My Ball And Chain
G
On A Wednesday I'm Workin' Diggin' Ditches.
C
On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not To Knock Me Down Again
