I Got Stripes Chords
by Bob Wootton
I Got Stripes by Bob Wootton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, E and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
KEY: D
D A
On a Monday I was arrested
D
On a Tuesday they locked me in jail
A
On a Wednesday my trial was attested
D
On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
D
I got chains, chains around my feet
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
D
And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down
On a Monday got my striped breeches
On a Tuesday got my ball and chain
On a Wednesday I'm workin' diggin' ditches
On a Thursday lawd I beg 'em not to knock me down again
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down
E B7
On a Monday Mama came to see me
E
On a Tuesday they caught me with a file
B7
On a Wednesday I'm down in solitary
E
On a Thursday lawd I start on bread and water for a while
B7
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
E
I got chains, chains around my feet
B7
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
E
And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down