I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now-Jimmie Rodgers

[ti:I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now] [ar:Jimmie Rodgers] [al:My Little Lady] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now - Jimmie Rodgers [00:21.01]I got rid of the shackles that bound me [00:25.26] [00:26.26]And the guards that were always around me [00:29.63] [00:31.42]Like a bird in the tree have found my liberty [00:36.22] [00:36.81]And I'm free from the chain gang now [00:40.45] [00:42.05]Long ago I was known and respected [00:45.78] [00:47.09]Then one day I was forcedly suspected [00:51.29] [00:52.40]And they put me in chains working out in the rain [00:57.32] [00:58.10]But I'm free from that chain gang now [01:01.61] [01:28.03]I know my mother's poor heart was broken [01:32.15] [01:33.25]'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken [01:37.13] [01:38.56]There were tears on the mail that she sent me in jail [01:43.47] [01:44.19]But I'm free from the chain gang now [01:47.39] [01:49.23]All the years I was known by a number [01:52.92] [01:54.09]Were just years that I spent without slumber [01:57.92] [01:59.52]After long years of shame I have won back my name [02:04.94]And I'm free from the chain gang now [02:08.85] [02:35.46]Now I'm goin' back home to another [02:39.45] [02:40.66]She's my sweetheart who's waiting with mother [02:44.31] [02:45.91]And I'll dry all the tears that's been shedding for years [02:50.64] [02:51.28]'Cause I'm free from the chain gang now