| There Ain't No Good Chain Gang | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash with Waylon Jennings |
| Album: | I Would Like to See You Again |
| B-Side: | I Wish I Was Crazy Again |
| Released: | May 20, 1978 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:16 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Larry Butler |
| Chronology: | Johnny Cash |
| Prev Title: | I Would Like to See You Again |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Gone Girl |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" is a song written by Hal Bynum and Dave Kirby, and recorded by American country music artists Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. It was released in May 1978 as the second single from the album I Would Like to See You Again. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
The song is written and sung from the perspective of a prison inmate, writing back home to his family. He tells of the lessons he's learned while incarcerated; the chorus tells the four main ones: