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Blackjack County Chains
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Waylon Jennings
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I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County
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Not knowing that the sheriff paid a bounty
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For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names
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So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
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All we had to eat was bread and water
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Each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter
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Black sneak whip would cut our backs when some poor fool complained
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But we couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain
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And then one night while the sheriff was a sleepin'
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We all gathered round him slowly creepin'
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And heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain
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When we beat him death with thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
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Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful
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That there's nothing but a scar round my ankle
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Most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again
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To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
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To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
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