Blackjack County Chain

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[Verse 1]
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I was standin' beside the road in 
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Blackjack County
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Not knowing the sheriff paid a 
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bounty
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For men like me who didn't have a
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 penny to their names
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So he locked my leg to thirty-five
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 pounds of Blackjack County chain

[Verse 2]
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And all we had to eat was bread and 
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water
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And each day we had to build that 
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road a  mile and a quarter
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A black snake whip would crack our
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 backs if some poor fool complained
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And you couldn't fight back wearin'
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 thirty-five pounds of Blackjack 
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County chain

[Verse 3]
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And then one night when the 
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sheriff was a-sleepin'
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We gathered all around him slowly 
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creepin'
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Heaven help me to forget that 
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night in the cold, cold rain
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When we beat him to death with 
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thirty-five pounds of Blackjack 
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County chain

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[Verse 4]
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Now the whip marks have all healed
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 and I am thankful
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That there's nothing but these 
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scars around my ankles
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But most of all I'm glad no man 
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will be a slave again
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To a black snake whip and 
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thirty-five pounds of Blackjack 
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County chain
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To a black snake whip and 
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thirty-five pounds of Blackjack 
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County chain
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Blackjack County chain
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Blackjack County chain