Tune down 1/2 step

(Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

Intro:

|     C     |     D     |     D     |

                 D                        A7

On a Mon - day, I was arrest - ed. (Uh-huh)

                                                           D

On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail. (Poor boy)

                                                          A7

On a Wednesday, my trial was attest - ed.

                                                                                     D

On a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell.

        D                                      A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                                 D

I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                                 A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,

                                                                                       D

And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.

        D                                    A7

On a Monday, got my striped britches. (Uh-huh)

                                                  D

On a Tuesday, got my ball and chain. (Poor boy)

                                                            A7

On a Wednesday, I'm workin' diggin' ditches.

                                                                                                 D

On a Thursday, Lord, I begged them not to knock me down a-gain.

        D                                      A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                                 D

I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                                 A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,

                                                                                       D

And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.

                 E                                      B7

On a Mon - day, my mama come to see me. (Uh-huh)

                                                            E

On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file. (Poor boy)

                                                        B7

On a Wednesday, I'm down in soli-tary.

                                                                                     E

On a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while.

        D                                      A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

                                                 D

I got chains, chains around my feet.

                                                 A7

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,

                                                                                       D

And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down.