I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash

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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

             
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

             
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

             
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

             
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

             
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

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