Blackjack County Chain Lyrics - It Will Come To Pass: The Metaphysical Worlds And Poetic Introspections Of Willie Nelson - Willie Nelson

(Red Lane) 

I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County 

Not knowing that the sheriff paid a bounty 

For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names 

So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain. 

All we had to eat was bread and water 

Each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter 

Black sneak whip would cut our backs when some poor fool complained 

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' 

We all gathered round him slowly creepin' 

And heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain 

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 

That there's nothing but a scar round my ankle 

Most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again 

To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain. 

To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain. 

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