I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash
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Capo: Fret 1
Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes (Live at Folsom Prison version)
Tabbed by --Art
CAPO 1 -- to match the Folsom Prison recording I have (Cash sometimes played the same song up or down
half step on different recordings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LRpCv7siI) Capo 2 for standard.
[Verse 1]
On a Monday, I
was arrested.
On a Tuesday,
they locked me
in the jail.
On a Wednesday
, my trial was
attested.
On a Thursday
they said guil
ty and the jud
ge's gavel fel
l.
[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 about
to drag me dow
n. (quick key
change to D)
[Verse 3]
On a Monday, m
y mama come to
see me.
On a Tuesday,
they caught me
with a file.
On a Wednesday
, I'm down in
solitary.
On a Thursday,
I start on br
ead and water
for a while.
[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
are about to d
rag me down.
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 'bout
to drag me dow
n.
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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)
On A Monday I
Got My Stripe-
ed Britches.
On A Tuesday I
Got My Ball A
nd Chain
On A Wednesday
I'm Workin' D
iggin' Ditches
.
On A Thursday
Lord I Begged
'Em Not To Kno
ck Me Down Aga
in