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