I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now-Hot Tuna

[ti:I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now] [ar:Hot Tuna] [al:2005-07-07 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now - Hot Tuna [00:23.94]I got rid of the shackles that bound me [00:27.17] [00:29.04]And the guards that who were always around me [00:32.30] [00:33.67]Like a bird in the tree have found my liberty [00:38.33]And I'm free from the chain gang now [00:41.87] [00:43.21]Long ago I was known and respected [00:46.65] [00:47.97]Then one day I was forcedly suspected [00:51.05] [00:52.53]And they put me in chains working out in the rain [00:57.01]But I'm free from that chain gang now [01:00.42] [01:43.33]I know my mother's poor heart was broken [01:46.49] [01:47.89]'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken [01:51.74] [01:52.27]There were tears on the mail that she sent me in jail [01:56.91]But I'm free from the chain gang now [02:00.26] [02:01.46]All the years I was known by a number [02:04.81] [02:06.03]Were just years that I spent without slumber [02:09.18] [02:10.40]After long years of shame I have won back my name [02:15.14]And I'm free from the chain gang now [02:18.06] [03:08.12]Now I'm goin' back home to another [03:10.89] [03:12.35]She my sweetheart who's waiting with mother [03:15.46] [03:16.69]And I'll dry all the tears that's been shedding for years [03:21.27]'Cause I'm free form the chain gang now