Going Down The Road Feeling Bad Chords
by Johnny Cash
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F, Am and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C C7
I'm going down this road feeling bad:
F C C7
Bad luck's all I've ever had;
F C Am
Going down this road feeling bad, Lord, Lord,
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way.
Verse
C C7
Got me way down in jail on my knees:
F C C7
This old jailer he sure is hard to please
F C Am
Feed me on corn, bread and peas, Lord, Lord
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way
C C7
Sweet mama, won't buy me no shoes:
F C C7
Lord, she's left me with these lonesome jailhouse blues;
F C Am
My sweet mama won't buy me no shoes, Lord, Lord,
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way.
C C7
And these two-dollar shoes hurt my feet
F C C7
The jailer won't give me enough to eat,
F C Am
These two-dollar shoes they hurt my feet, Lord, Lord,
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way
C C7
I'm going where the climate suits my clothes;
F C C7
Lord, I'm going where these chilly winds never blow
F C Am
I'm going where the climate suits my clothes, Lord, Lord,
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way.
Verse
C C7 Am
Yes, I'm going down the road feeling bad, Lord, Lord,
F C C7
Lord, I'm going down the road feeling bad,
F C
Bad luck is all I've ever had,
G7 C
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way