Ain't No Good Chain Gang - Johnny Cash [Verse 1 (Waylon)] [C] I'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back home [C] I bet your sister's still on the phone I bet [F] mama's in the kitchen, [C] cooking fried chick[A]en Wish[D7]ing that I [G] hadn't done [C] wrong [Verse 2 (Johnny - Spoken)] [C] Don't you worry about us none now, mama [C] Everything's gonna be all right, mama [C] They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mama Things like... |[Chorus (Johnny with Waylon as harmony/background singer)] |[C] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman |[C] And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James |And you [F] don't go writin' hot cheques, [C] down in Mississip[A]pi |And there [D7] ain't no [G] good chain [C] gang [Instrumental] [C] [C] [F] [C] [A] [D7] [G] [C] [Verse 3 (Waylon)] [C] Papa's readin' yesterday's mail [C] Wishin' that the hay was all bailed I'll [F] bet he's a-wishin' he [C] could go fishin [A]' And here [D7] I am a-[G]laying in [C] jail [Verse 4 (Jonnhy - Spoken)] [C] Don't you worry about us now, Papa [C] They're teaching us a lesson a day, we're learning pretty well, too [C] We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already Things like... |[Chorus] x2 |[C] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman |[C] And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James |And you [F] don't go writin' hot cheques, [C] down in Mississip[A]pi |And there [D7] ain't no [G] good chain [C] gang [Instrumental] [C] [C] [F] [C] [A] [D7] [G] [C] Outro: [C] There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman [C] And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James And you [F] don't go writin' hot cheques, [C] down in Mississip[A]pi And there [D7] ain't no [G] good chain [C] gang