Tonart: Bb minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was standin' beside
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the road in Blackjack County
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Not knowing the sheriff paid a bounty
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For men like me who didn't
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have a penny to our names
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So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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And all we had to eat was
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And each day we had to build
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that road a mile and a quarter
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A black snake whip would cut our backs
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if some poor fool complained
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And you couldn't fight back wearin'
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35 pounds of Blackjack County chain
And then one night when
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the sheriff was a sleepin'
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We gathered all round him
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Heaven help me to forget that night
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When we beat him to death with thirty-five
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pounds pounds of Blackjack County chain
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Now the whip marks have all
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healed and I am thankful
That there's nothing but these
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scars around my ankles
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But most of all I'm glad no
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man will be a slave again
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To a black snake whip and thirty-five pounds
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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To a black snake whip and thirty-five pounds
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pounds of Blackjack County chain
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