Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

/Dish

 I got rid of the shackles that bound me

 and the guards that were always around me

 There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail

  /Dish

But I'm free from the chain gang now

 All the years I was known and respected

 'til one day I was wrongly suspected

 I was shackled in chains in a cold freezin' rain

  /Dish

but I'm free from the chain gang now

[Guitar]

 All the years I was known by a number

 how I kept my mind is a wonder

 But like a bird in a tree I got my liberty

  /Dish

and I'm free from the chain gang now

 I got rid of the shackles that bound me

 and the guards that were always around me

 There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail

  /Dish

But I'm free from the chain gang now

 There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail

  /Dish

But I'm free from the chain gang now