***Capo On First Fret***

[Intro]
 (Reapeted a few times)

[Verse]
             
On A Monday I 

      
was Ar-rested 

(Uh-huh)
            
On A Tuesday t

              
hey locked me 

   
in Jail (Poor 

Boy)
             
On A Wednesday

              
 my trial was 

   
at-tested
            
And on a Thurs

              
day they said 

              
guilty as the 

              
judge's Gavel 


fell

[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 bout t

            
o drag me down

[Verse]
             
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

[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 bout t

           -  -  -  -  
o drag me down

[Verse]
             
On a Monday My

              
 momma came to

 
 see me
             
On a tuesday t

              
hey caught me 

       
with a file
             
On a Wednesday

              
 im down in so

   
li-tary
             
On A Thursday 

              
I Start On Bre

              
ad And Water F

     
or 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 

              
they're bout t

            
o drag me down