Tom: G G C G I got rid of the shackles that bound me G G/C D and the guards that were always around me G C G There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail G G/Dish G But I'm free from the chain gang now G C G All the years I was known and respected G G/C D 'til one day I was wrongly suspected G C G I was shackled in chains in a cold freezin' rain G G/Dish G but I'm free from the chain gang now [Guitar] G C G All the years I was known by a number G G/C D how I kept my mind is a wonder G C G But like a bird in a tree I got my liberty G G/Dish G and I'm free from the chain gang now G C G I got rid of the shackles that bound me G G/C D and the guards that were always around me G C G There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail G G/Dish G But I'm free from the chain gang now G C G There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail G G/Dish G But I'm free from the chain gang now