Chain Gang chords by
Nina Simone
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Key: D minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Breaking rocks out
Am Am 
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here on the chain gang
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Am Am 
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Because they done convicted me of crime
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Dm Dm 
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Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
G G 
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Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Working an  d working
G#dim G#dim 
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G G 
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Dm Dm 
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But I still got so
Am Am 
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terribly far to go
Dm Dm 
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Verse 2
Am Am 
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I commited crime Lord I needed
Dm Dm 
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Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man
Am Am 
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bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Dm Dm 
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Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
G G 
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Dm Dm 
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Working and working

Verse 3

But I still got so terribly far to go

Verse 4
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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I heard the judge say five years
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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On chain- gang you gonna go
Dm Dm 
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I   heard the judge say five years labor
Am Am 
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Hold it right there while I hit it
Dm Dm 
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Well reckon that ought to get it
G G 
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Been

Verse 5

G#dim

Working and working

But I still got so terribly far to go

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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I'm getting tired and tired and tired and
G G 
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Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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tired and tired and tired
Dm Dm 
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Working on  the chain gang
G G 
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But they still
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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They tell me I still
Em Em 
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E E 
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Am Am 
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Even though I'm so tired and tired
Dm Dm 
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They tell me I still
Eb Eb 
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Dm Dm 
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Got so terribly far to go

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