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Alternative: half step down tuning.
D A
On A Monday I was Ar-rested (Uh-huh)
A D
On A Tuesday they locked me in Jail (Poor Boy)
D A
On A Wednesday my trial was at-tested
A D
And on a Thursday they said guilty as the judge's Gavel fell
D A
I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
A D
I got chains, Chains around my feet
D A
I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
A D
And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down
D A
On A Monday I Got My Stripe-ed Britches
A D
On A Tuesday I Got My Ball And Chain
D A
On A Wednesday I'm Workin' Diggin' Ditches
A D
On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not To Knock Me Down Again
D A
I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
A D
I got chains, Chains around my feet
D A
I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
A D - E - E - E - E
And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down
E Bb
On a Monday My momma came to see me
Bb E
On a Tuesday they caught me with a file
E Bb
On a Wednesday im down in soli-tary
Bb E
On A Thursday I Start On Bread And Water For A While
E Bb
I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
Bb E
I got chains, Chains around my feet
E Bb
I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders
Bb E
And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down
