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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5No capo Alternative: half step down tuning. D A On A Monday I was Ar-rested (Uh-huh) A D On A Tuesday they locked me in Jail (Poor Boy) D A On A Wednesday my trial was at-tested A D And on a Thursday they said guilty as the judge's Gavel fell D A I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders A D I got chains, Chains around my feet D A I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders A D And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down D A On A Monday I Got My Stripe-ed Britches A D On A Tuesday I Got My Ball And Chain D A On A Wednesday I'm Workin' Diggin' Ditches A D On A Thursday Lord I Begged 'Em Not To Knock Me Down Again D A I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders A D I got chains, Chains around my feet D A I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders A D - E - E - E - E And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down E Bb On a Monday My momma came to see me Bb E On a Tuesday they caught me with a file E Bb On a Wednesday im down in soli-tary Bb E On A Thursday I Start On Bread And Water For A While E Bb I Got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders Bb E I got chains, Chains around my feet E Bb I got stripes, Stripes around my shoulders Bb E And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down