I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me
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There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail
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But I'm free from the chain gang now
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Back home I was known and respected then one day I was wrongly suspected
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So they put me in chains in a cold freezin' rain but I'm free from the chain gang now
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[ guitar ]
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All the years I was known by a number how I kept my mind is a wonder
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And the bare prison cell that was one step from hell
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But I'm free from the chain gang now
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I prayed that the gossip will spare me when I return to the one I will marry
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Like a bird in a tree I got my liberty and I'm free from the chain gang now
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I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
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| Johnny Cash |
