Intro:
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I got rid of the shackles that bound me
And the guards that were always around me.
There were tears on the mail
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Mother wrote me in jail,
But I m free from the chain gang now.
All the years I was known and re - spected
Till one day I was wrongly suspect - ed.
I was shack - led in chains
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In the cold, freezin rain,
But I m free from the chain gang now.
Interlude:
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All the years I was known by a number.
How I kept my mind is a wonder.
But like a bird in a tree,
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I got my liber - ty,
And I m free from the chain gang now.
I got rid of the shackles that bound me
And the guards that were always around me.
There were tears on the mail
/
Mother wrote me in jail,
But I m free from the chain gang now.
There were tears on the mail
/
Mother wrote me in jail,
But I m free from the chain gang now.
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