E G Am F A Em Chords for Waylon and Willie Blackjack County Chains with capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. Song information for Blackjack County Chains - Willie Nelson on AllMusic.
Willie Nelson - Blackjack county chains lyrics. To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain guitar 4.2. Rating: 4.2/5 (25 votes) W.
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Trackliste
CD 1
Willie Nelson Blackjack County Chain
- 1.When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song
- 2.No Place For Me
- 3.Man With The Blues
- 4.Nite Life
- 5.Hello Walls
- 6.Funny How Time Slips Away
- 7.Crazy
- 8.Half A Man
- 9.Mr. Record Man
- 10.One In A Row
- 11.The Party's Over
- 12.Texas In My Soul
- 13.Good Times
- 14.Sweet Memories
- 15.Little Things
- 16.Any Old Arms Won't Do
- 17.Everybody's Talkin'
- 18.Pins And Needles - In My Heart
- 19.Once More With Feeling
- 20.I Gotta Get Drunk
- 21.Laying My Burdens Down
- 22.What Can You Do To Me Now?
- 23.Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
- 24.I'm A Memory
- 25.Family Bible
- 26.Summer Of Roses
- 27.Yesterday's Wine
- 28.Me And Paul
- 29.The Words Don't Fit The Picture
CD 2
- 1.Good Hearted Woman (Waylon & Willie)
- 2.You Left A Long, Long Time Ago
- 3.She's Not For You
- 4.You Ought To Hear Me Cry
- 5.It Should Be Easier Now
- 6.Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Waylon & Willie)
- 7.If You Can Touch Her At All (Waylon & Willie)
- 8.I Can Get Off On You (Waylon & Willie)
- 9.Blackjack County Chain
- 10.Johnny One Time
- 11.Bring Me Sunshine
- 12.I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
- 13.Shotgun Willie
- 14.Sad Songs And Waltzes
- 15.Troublemaker
- 16.Uncloudy Day
- 17.Bloody Mary Morning
- 18.I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
- 19.Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- 20.I'd Have To Be Crazy
- 21.If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
- 22.Always Late (With Your Kisses)
- 23.She's Gone Gone Gone
- 24.I Never Go Around Mirrors
- 25.Stardust
- 26.Georgia On My Mind
- 27.A Song For You
CD 3
- 1.Whiskey River
- 2.Till I Gain Control Again
- 3.Stay A Little Longer
- 4.Heartbreak Hotel (with Leon Russell)
- 5.One For My Baby And One For The Road (with Leon Russell)
- 6.Help Me Make It Through The Night
- 7.Midnight Rider
- 8.My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
- 9.Crazy Arms (with Ray Price)
- 10.On The Road Again
- 11.Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
- 12.Mona Lisa
- 13.I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
- 14.Always On My Mind
- 15.Old Friends (with Roher Miller and Ray Price)
- 16.Pancho And Lefty (with Merle Haggard)
- 17.Reasons To Quit (with Merle Haggard)
- 18.In The Jailhouse Now (with Webb Pierce)
- 19.Why Do I Have To Choose (with Waylon Jennings)
- 20.City Of New Orleans
- 21.To All The Girls I've Loved Before (with Julio Iglesias)
- 22.Three Days (with Faron Young)
- 23.Touch Me (with Faron Young)
Blackjack County Chain Chords Willie Nelson
CD 4
- 1.Write Your Own Songs
- 2.Heart Of Gold
- 3.I'm Movin' On (with Hank Snow)
- 4.Seven Spanish Angels (with Ray Charles)
- 5.Highwayman (with waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson)
- 6.Living In The Promiseland
- 7.What A Wonderful World
- 8.Country Willie
- 9.Graceland
- 10.Valentine
- 11.What Was It You Wanted
- 12.Still Is Still Moving To Me
- 13.Too Sick To Pray
- 14.Everywhere I Go - with Emmylou Harris
- 15.My Own Peculiar Way
- 16.Nuages
- 17.Rainbow Connection
- 18.Mendocino County Line (with Lee Ann Womack)
- 19.The Harder They Come
- 20.Bubbles In My Beer
- 21.When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song
Blackjack County Chain' is a song written by Red Lane. The song was initially rejected by Charlie Pride, who considered at the time the lyrics controversial. The song depicts the killing of a Georgia sheriff by members of a black chaingang, as recounted by one of them. Lane offered initially the song to Charlie Pride, who anticipating a possible controversy refrained from recording it.
Lane then offered the song to his friend Willie Nelson. Nelson had recently a hit single with 'The Party's Over', that peaked at twenty-four in Billboard's Hot Country Singles. Nelson's version of 'Blackjack County Chain' was released with a cover of Floyd Tillman's 'Some Other World' on the flipside.[2] The single debuted in May 1967. RCA Records published a full-page advertising promoting the single on Billboard.[3] On its review, the publication praised the work of producer Chet Atkins, while it declared '(Nelson's) moving rendition […] should be working its way up to the top'.
The song met instant success, reaching number twenty-four on the country singles chart. At the time the song's popularity was growing, most of the radio stations banned it from airplay due to its content. Nelson re-recorded the song as a duet with Waylon Jennings for their 1983 collaboration Take it to the Limit.
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
Albuminfo
Trackliste
CD 1
Willie Nelson Blackjack County Chain
- 1.When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song
- 2.No Place For Me
- 3.Man With The Blues
- 4.Nite Life
- 5.Hello Walls
- 6.Funny How Time Slips Away
- 7.Crazy
- 8.Half A Man
- 9.Mr. Record Man
- 10.One In A Row
- 11.The Party's Over
- 12.Texas In My Soul
- 13.Good Times
- 14.Sweet Memories
- 15.Little Things
- 16.Any Old Arms Won't Do
- 17.Everybody's Talkin'
- 18.Pins And Needles - In My Heart
- 19.Once More With Feeling
- 20.I Gotta Get Drunk
- 21.Laying My Burdens Down
- 22.What Can You Do To Me Now?
- 23.Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
- 24.I'm A Memory
- 25.Family Bible
- 26.Summer Of Roses
- 27.Yesterday's Wine
- 28.Me And Paul
- 29.The Words Don't Fit The Picture
CD 2
- 1.Good Hearted Woman (Waylon & Willie)
- 2.You Left A Long, Long Time Ago
- 3.She's Not For You
- 4.You Ought To Hear Me Cry
- 5.It Should Be Easier Now
- 6.Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Waylon & Willie)
- 7.If You Can Touch Her At All (Waylon & Willie)
- 8.I Can Get Off On You (Waylon & Willie)
- 9.Blackjack County Chain
- 10.Johnny One Time
- 11.Bring Me Sunshine
- 12.I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
- 13.Shotgun Willie
- 14.Sad Songs And Waltzes
- 15.Troublemaker
- 16.Uncloudy Day
- 17.Bloody Mary Morning
- 18.I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
- 19.Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- 20.I'd Have To Be Crazy
- 21.If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
- 22.Always Late (With Your Kisses)
- 23.She's Gone Gone Gone
- 24.I Never Go Around Mirrors
- 25.Stardust
- 26.Georgia On My Mind
- 27.A Song For You
CD 3
- 1.Whiskey River
- 2.Till I Gain Control Again
- 3.Stay A Little Longer
- 4.Heartbreak Hotel (with Leon Russell)
- 5.One For My Baby And One For The Road (with Leon Russell)
- 6.Help Me Make It Through The Night
- 7.Midnight Rider
- 8.My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
- 9.Crazy Arms (with Ray Price)
- 10.On The Road Again
- 11.Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
- 12.Mona Lisa
- 13.I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
- 14.Always On My Mind
- 15.Old Friends (with Roher Miller and Ray Price)
- 16.Pancho And Lefty (with Merle Haggard)
- 17.Reasons To Quit (with Merle Haggard)
- 18.In The Jailhouse Now (with Webb Pierce)
- 19.Why Do I Have To Choose (with Waylon Jennings)
- 20.City Of New Orleans
- 21.To All The Girls I've Loved Before (with Julio Iglesias)
- 22.Three Days (with Faron Young)
- 23.Touch Me (with Faron Young)
Blackjack County Chain Chords Willie Nelson
CD 4
- 1.Write Your Own Songs
- 2.Heart Of Gold
- 3.I'm Movin' On (with Hank Snow)
- 4.Seven Spanish Angels (with Ray Charles)
- 5.Highwayman (with waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson)
- 6.Living In The Promiseland
- 7.What A Wonderful World
- 8.Country Willie
- 9.Graceland
- 10.Valentine
- 11.What Was It You Wanted
- 12.Still Is Still Moving To Me
- 13.Too Sick To Pray
- 14.Everywhere I Go - with Emmylou Harris
- 15.My Own Peculiar Way
- 16.Nuages
- 17.Rainbow Connection
- 18.Mendocino County Line (with Lee Ann Womack)
- 19.The Harder They Come
- 20.Bubbles In My Beer
- 21.When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song
Blackjack County Chain' is a song written by Red Lane. The song was initially rejected by Charlie Pride, who considered at the time the lyrics controversial. The song depicts the killing of a Georgia sheriff by members of a black chaingang, as recounted by one of them. Lane offered initially the song to Charlie Pride, who anticipating a possible controversy refrained from recording it.
Lane then offered the song to his friend Willie Nelson. Nelson had recently a hit single with 'The Party's Over', that peaked at twenty-four in Billboard's Hot Country Singles. Nelson's version of 'Blackjack County Chain' was released with a cover of Floyd Tillman's 'Some Other World' on the flipside.[2] The single debuted in May 1967. RCA Records published a full-page advertising promoting the single on Billboard.[3] On its review, the publication praised the work of producer Chet Atkins, while it declared '(Nelson's) moving rendition […] should be working its way up to the top'.
The song met instant success, reaching number twenty-four on the country singles chart. At the time the song's popularity was growing, most of the radio stations banned it from airplay due to its content. Nelson re-recorded the song as a duet with Waylon Jennings for their 1983 collaboration Take it to the Limit.
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
And sll we had to eat was bread and water
And each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter
And black snake whip would cut our backs when some poor fool complained
But we couldn't fight back wearin' thirty five pounds of blackjack county chain
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
Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful
That there's nothing but a scar round my ankle
But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again
To a black snake whip and thirty five pounds of blackjack county chain
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