I Got Stripes

       C               G
On a Monday, I was arrested.
On a Tuesday, they locked me in the 
C
jail.
On a Wednesday, my trial was 
  G
attested.
On a Thursday they said guilty and 
                  C
the judge's gavel fell.


[Chorus]
I got stripes, stripes around my 
 G
shoulders.
                                C
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my 
  G
shoulders,
and them chains them chains They're 
                 C     D
about to drag me down. (quick key 
change to D)


[Verse 3]
      D                      A
On a Monday, my mama come to see me.
Continues after the ad
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a 
D
file.
On a Wednesday, I'm down in 
A
solitary.
On a Thursday, I start on bread and 
            D
water for a while.



[Chorus]
I got stripes, stripes around my 
 A
shoulders.
                                D
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my 
  A
shoulders,
and them chains them chains are 
                 D
about to drag me down.

I got stripes, stripes around my 
 A
shoulders.
                                D
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my 
  A
shoulders,
and them chains them chains they're 
                 D
'bout to drag me down.


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[Verse 2]
(Cash didn't play verse 2 in this 
version, but so many expect to see 
it that I've appended it)
     C                        
On A Monday I Got My Stripe-ed 
 G
Britches.
                               C
On A Tuesday I Got My Ball And Chain
On A Wednesday I'm Workin' Diggin' 
G
Ditches.
On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not 
                 C
To Knock Me Down Again