On A Monday

	  		

 

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On a Monday, I was arrested  
                                 G 
On a Tuesday, I was locked up in jail  
                               D 
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested  
                                  G 
On a Thursday, nobody would go my bail  

         G           D             G           D              G           D 
Yes, I m all, almost done, yes I m all, almost done, yes, I m all, almost done 
      D                                      G 
And I ain t gonna bring them yellow women no pail  

G                                          D 
Take these stripes, stripes from around my shoulder  
                                               G 
Take these chains, these chains from around my legs  
                                        D 
Lord, these stripes, stripes sure don't worry me  
                                              G 
But these chains, these chain's gonna kill me dead  

         G           D             G           D              G           D 
Yes, I m all, almost done, yes I m all, almost done, yes, I m all, almost done 
      D                                      G 
And I ain t  gonna bring them yellow women no pail  

G                          D 
On Saturday, my baby went a-walking  
                                      G 
On a Sunday, she locked me outa the door  
                                     D 
On a Monday, we were sitting down a-talking  
                                   G 
On a Tuesday, she pawned all of my clothes 

         G           D             G           D              G           D 
Yes, I m all, almost done, yes I m all, almost done, yes, I m all, almost done 
      D                                      G 
And I ain t gonna bring them yellow women no pail