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