[Chorus]
I'm singing the chain gang blues
You can sing anything you choose
There's twenty-nine links around my feet
I'm singing the chain gang blues
[Verse 1]
I'm thinking of sweet Marie and her baby in Tennessee
That bank I robbed in Alabama put me where I am
[Chorus]
I'm singing the chain gang blues
You can sing anything you choose
There's twenty-nine links around my feet
I'm singing the chain gang blues
[Verse 2]
I'm working that old highway
Feels like 48 hours a day
Will my sweetheart be there waiting for me?
Way down in Tennessee
[Chorus]
I'm singing the chain gang blues
You can sing anything you choose
There's twenty-nine links around my feet
I'm singing the chain gang blues
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
I'm singing the chain gang blues
You can sing anything you choose
There's twenty-nine links around my feet
I'm singing the chain gang blues
There's twenty-nine links around my feet
I'm singing the chain gang blues
