Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf23ZNNrBTM Key A capo 2 [Intro]        [Chorus] These chains won’t keep me from bein’ a free man Doin’ what I can to get out of here And these chains won’t keep me from seein’ my freedom Changin’ my name and startin’ over again          [Verse 1] I was a fool for a good looking woman Till I found out the hard way there was some other man Now what else could I do how could anyone blame me To stand there smilin’ with a gun in his hands [Chorus] These chains won’t keep me from bein’ a free man Doin’ what I can to get out of here And these chains won’t keep me from seein’ my freedom Changin’ my name and startin’ over again           [Verse 2] She had a known reputation but I paid no attention Good love and affection can make anything right But judge had no mercy for my infatuation Said killin’s a sin boy you gotta pay the price [Chorus] These chains won’t keep me from bein’ a free man Doin’ what I can to get out of here And these chains won’t keep me from seein’ my freedom Changin’ my name and startin’ over again          [Verse 3] Down the hall there’s a window you can barely see through it Deep in the night I see the lights of town And I started to thinking that a mystical ladder Is as high as these walls and I’m climbin’ it right one by one [Chorus] These chains won’t keep me from bein’ a free man Doin’ what I can to get out of here And these chains won’t keep me from seein’ my freedom Changin’ my name and startin’ over again [Chorus] These chains won’t keep me from bein’ a free man Doin’ what I can to get out of here And these chains won’t keep me from seein’ my freedom Changin’ my name and startin’ over again [Outro] These chains don’t keep me from startin over again