***Capo On First Fret***
Intro - A (Reapeted a few times)
On A Monday I was Ar-rested (Uh-huh)
On A Tuesday they locked me in Jail (Poor Boy)
On A Wednesday my trial was at-tested
And on a Thursday they said guilty as 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
And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down
On A Monday I Got My Stripe-ed Britches
On A Tuesday I Got My Ball And Chain
On A Wednesday I'm Workin' Diggin' Ditches
On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not To Knock Me Down Again
I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
I got chains, Chains around my feet
I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
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And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down
On a Monday My momma came to see me
On a tuesday they caught me with a file
On a Wednesday im down in soli-tary
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 they're bout to drag me down