Im Free From The Chain Gang Now

Intro:



|    Ab    |    Db    |    Ab    |   Db/F   |

|    Ab    |  Eb/G   |    Ab    |     Ab    |



                        Db                Ab

I got rid of the shackles that bound me

                                         Bb7                 Eb

And the guards that were always around       me.

                           Ab                      Db

There were tears        on the mail

                       Ab              Db/F

Mother wrote           me in jail,

             Ab                Eb/G          Ab

But I'm free from the chain gang now.



                               Db                    Ab

All the years I was known and re - spected

                                Bb7                 Eb

Till one day I was wrongly suspect - ed.

                  Ab                     Db

I was shack  -  led in chains

                  Ab               Db/F

In the cold,       freezin' rain,

             Ab                Eb/G          Ab

But I'm free from the chain gang now.



Interlude:



|    Ab    |    Db    |    Ab    |   Db/F   |

|    Ab    |  Eb/G   |    Ab    |     Ab    |



                              Db               Ab

All the years I was known by a number.

                         Bb7         Eb

How I kept my mind is a wonder.

                       Ab                   Db

But like a bird        in a tree,

              Ab             Db/F

I got my        liber - ty,

              Ab                Eb/G          Ab

And I'm free from the chain gang now.



                        Db                Ab

I got rid of the shackles that bound me

                                         Bb7                 Eb

And the guards that were always around       me.

                           Ab                      Db

There were tears        on the mail

                       Ab              Db/F

Mother wrote           me in jail,

             Ab                Eb/G          Ab

But I'm free from the chain gang now.



                           Ab                      Db

There were tears        on the mail

                       Ab              Db/F

Mother wrote           me in jail,

             Ab                Eb/G          Ab

But I'm free from the chain gang now.







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