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Chain Gang chords by 
Nina Simone 
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Verse 1
Am
Dm
Breaking rocks out
Am
here on the chain gang
Dm
Am
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Dm
Am
Dm
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Am
Because they done convicted me of crime
Dm
Am
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Dm
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
G
Dm
G
Working an d working
G#dim
G
Dm
But I still got so
Am
terribly far to go
Dm
Verse 2
Am
I commited crime Lord I needed
Dm
Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man
Am
bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
Dm
Am
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Dm
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
G
Dm
Working and working
Verse 3
Dm
Am
But I still got so terribly far to go
Verse 4
Dm
Am
I heard the judge say five years
Dm
Am
On chain- gang you gonna go
Dm
I heard the judge say five years labor
Am
I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
Dm
Am
Hold it right there while I hit it
Dm
Well reckon that ought to get it
G
Been
Verse 5
Dm
G#dim
Working and working
G
Dm
But I still got so terribly far to go
Interlude 1
Am
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Verse 6
Dm
Am
I'm getting tired and tired and tired and
G
Dm
Am
tired and tired and tired
Dm
Working on the chain gang
G
But they still
Dm
F
They tell me I still
Em
E
Am
Even though I'm so tired and tired
Dm
They tell me I still
Eb
Dm
Got so terribly far to go
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Chords
Am
Dm
G
G#dim
F
Em
E
Eb
Capo: 5
Transpose: 0
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