INTRO:
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G C G
I got rid of the shackles that bound me
A D
And the guards that were always around me
G C G C
There were tears on the mail mother send me in jail
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But I'm free from the chain gang now
G C G
Back home I was known and respected
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Than one day I was wrongly suspected
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So they put me in chains in a cold freezin’ rain
G D G
But I'm free from the chain gang now
SOLO:
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G C G
All the years I was known by a number
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How I kept my mind is a wonder
G C G C
And the bare prison cell that was one step from hell
G D G
But I'm free from the chain gang now
C G
I’ll pray that the gossip will spare me
A D
When I return to the one I will married
G C G
Like a bird in a tree I got my liberty
G D G
And I'm free from the chain gang now