I Got Stripes by Johnny Cash C G C On a Monday, I was arrested. On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail. On a G Wednesday, my trial was attested. On a Thursday they said guilty and the C G judge's gavel fell, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders. I got chains, C G chains around my feet. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders, and them C chains them chains are about to drag me down. On a Monday, my mama come to see me. On a Tuesday, they caught me with a vial. On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary. 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 are about to drag me down. 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 about to drag me down.