I Got Stripes
by Johnny Cash
(as done on the Folsom Prison & San Quentin CD)
CAPO 1 -- to match the recording I have (Cash sometimes played the same song up or down
half step on different recordings)
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 guilty and the
judge's gavel fell.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
C D (quick
to D)
and them chains them chains They're about to drag me down.
[key change to D]
On a Monday, my mama come to see me. On a Tuesday, they caught me with a vial.
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary. On a Thursday, I start on bread
and water for a while.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
and them chains them chains are about to drag me down.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
and them chains them chains they're 'bout to drag me down.
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