I Got Stripes
Johnny Cash
Intro = D - D - D - D
D A7
On a Monday i was arrested (uh huh)
D
On a Tuesday they locked me in the jail (oh boy)
D A7
On a Wednesday my trial was attested
D
On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell
D A7
I got stripes --- stripes around my shoulders
D
I got chains --- chains around my feet
D A7
I got stripes --- stripes around my shoulders
D
And them chains --- them chains they're aout to drag me down
E E E E
E B7
On a Monday my momma come to see me
E
On a Tuesday they caught me with a file
E B7
On a Wednesday I'm down in soli-tary
E
On a Thursday I start on bread and water for a while
E B7
I got stripes --- stripes around my shoulders
E
I got chains --- chains around my feet
E B7
I got stripes --- stripes around my shoulders
E
And them chains --- them chains they're aout to drag me down
[repeat last verse]