I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)-Jimmie Rodgers

[ti:I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)] [ar:Jimmie Rodgers] [al:Jimmie Rodgers Selected Favorites Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now) - Jimmie Rodgers [00:20.05]I got rid of the shackles that bound me [00:24.71] [00:25.28]And the guards were always around me [00:29.26] [00:30.20]Like a bird in the tree have found my liberty [00:35.62]And I'm free from the chain gang now [00:39.88] [00:40.63]Long ago I was known and respected [00:44.65] [00:45.70]Then one day I was forcedly suspected [00:49.47] [00:50.63]And they put me in chains working out in the rain [00:55.98]But I'm free from that chain gang now [00:59.87] [01:25.83]I know my mother's poor heart was broken [01:30.17] [01:31.03]'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken [01:35.05] [01:36.03]There were tears on the mail that she sent me in jail [01:41.05]But I'm free from the chain gang now [01:45.46] [01:46.24]All the years I was known by a number [01:50.80] [01:51.39]Were just years that I spent without slumber [01:55.80] [01:56.59]After long years of shame I have won back my name [02:01.88]And I'm free from the chain gang now [02:06.15] [02:31.51]Now I'm goin' back home to another [02:36.06] [02:36.82]She's my sweetheart who's waiting with mother [02:41.10] [02:41.76]And I'll dry all the tears that's been shedding for years [02:47.04]'Cause I'm free form the chain gang now