Intro: | | | | / | | | / | | | 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 But I’m free from the chain gang now. All the years I was known and re - spected Till one day I was wrongly suspect - ed. I was shack - led in chains In the cold freezin’ rain But I’m free from the chain gang now. Interlude: | | | | / | | | / | | | 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 liber - ty 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 wrote me in jail But I’m free from the chain gang now. There were tears on the mail Mother wrote me in jail But I’m free from the chain gang now. For more Johnny Cash chords see www.unofficial-johnnycash.com!