Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
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I was standin' beside the
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road in Blackjack County
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Not knowing the sheriff
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For men like me who didn't have
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a penny to our names
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So he locked my leg to 35 pounds
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of Blackjack County chain
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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And all we had to eat was bread and water
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And each day we had to build that
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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
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Verse 3
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And then one night when the
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sheriff was a- sleepin'
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We gathered all around him
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Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold,
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cold rain
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When we beat him to death,
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with 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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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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I'm glad no man will be a slave again
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To a black snake whip and 35 pounds
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of Blackjack County chain
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To a black snake whip and 35 pounds
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of Blackjack County chain
Blackjack County chain
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