I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Tune down 1/2 step
(Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
[Intro]
[Verse]
On a Monday, I
was arrested.
(uh-huh)
On a Tuesday,
they locked me
in the jail.
(poor boy)
On a Wednesday
, my trial was
attested.
On a Thursday,
they said gui
lty and the ju
dge's gavel fe
ll.
[Chorus]
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
.
I got chains,
chains around
my feet.
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
,
And them chain
s, them chains
, they're 'bou
t to drag me d
own.
[Verse]
On a Monday, g
ot my striped
britches. (uh-
huh)
On a Tuesday,
got my ball an
d chain. (poor
boy)
On a Wednesday
, I'm workin'
diggin' ditche
s.
On a Thursday,
Lord, I begge
d them not to
knock me down
a-gain.
[Chorus]
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
.
I got chains,
chains around
my feet.
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
,
And them chain
s, them chains
, they're 'bou
t to drag me d
own.
[Verse]
On a Monday, m
y mama come to
see me. (uh-h
uh)
On a Tuesday,
they caught me
with a file.
(poor boy)
On a Wednesday
, I'm down in
soli-tary.
On a Thursday,
Lord, I start
on bread and
water for a wh
ile.
[Chorus]
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
.
I got chains,
chains around
my feet.
I got stripes,
stripes aroun
d my shoulders
,
And them chain
s, them chains
, they're 'bou
t to drag me d
own.