[00:00.70]One two three one two
[00:02.37]
[00:26.24]I got rid of the shackles that bound me
[00:29.12]
[00:31.09]And the guards and were always around me
[00:34.80]
[00:36.05]Like a bird in the tree have found my liberty
[00:41.02]And I'm free from the chain gang now
[00:44.68]
[00:48.60]Long ago I was known and respected
[00:52.34]
[00:53.28]Then one day I was forcedly suspected
[00:56.82]
[00:58.22]And they put me in chains working out in the rain
[01:02.11]
[01:03.12]But I'm free from that chain gang now
[01:06.75]
[01:50.47]I know my mother's poor heart was broken
[01:53.37]
[01:55.09]'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken
[01:59.18]
[01:59.75]There were tears on the mail
[02:01.30]
[02:02.25]That she sent me in jail
[02:04.36]But I'm free from the chain gang now
[02:07.71]
[02:11.61]All the years I was known by a number
[02:14.70]
[02:15.99]Were just years that I spent without slumber
[02:19.37]
[02:20.68]After long years of shame
[02:22.22]
[02:23.03]I have won back my name
[02:25.37]And I'm free from the chain gang now
[02:29.00]
[03:23.85]Now I'm goin' back home to another
[03:26.65]
[03:28.30]She's my sweetheart who's waiting with mother
[03:31.32]
[03:32.77]And I'll dry all the tears
[03:35.25]That's been shedding for years
[03:37.55]'Cause I'm free form the chain gang now
[03:41.54]
[03:42.08]Free From The Chain Gang Now (live) - Jorma Kaukonen