Work Song chords by Bobby Davis

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Dm 
 (D minor) Riggin' up big rocks
C 
on the chain  (C major) gang
Dm 
Riggin'  (D minor) rocks and servin' the time
C 
Riggin' rocks out here on the chain gang  (C major) 
Am 
A 
 (A minor) Lord,  (A major) I've been convicted of crime
Am 
Dm 
Hold  (A minor)  (D minor) it steady right there while I hit it
G 
F 
Dm 
I  (G major) reckon  (F major) that  (D minor) ought to get me workin'
D 
B 
G 
 (D major) An (B major) d  I'm  (G major) workin'
E 
A 
Dm 
B 
But I still  (E major) got so  (A major) terrible of a  (D minor) cold  (B major) 
Ebm 
 (E flat minor) I call it a crime of the beating
Crime of being hungry and poor
B 
Ebm 
I  (B major)  (E flat minor) left the grocery
store man a -bleeding
Dm 
Bb 
 (D minor) When  (B flat major) he called me
Bbm 
rob (B flat minor) bing  the store
Ebm 
Hold  (E flat minor) it steady right there while I hit it
Ab 
F 
Fm 
I  (A flat major)  (F major) reckoned that ought  (F minor) to get me
Ebm 
Eb 
Ebm 
Ab 
 (E flat minor) And   I'm  (E flat major) workin', an (E flat minor) d     I'm  (A flat major) workin'
F 
Bb 
Eb 
Ebm 
B 
I still  (F major) got so  (B flat major) terrible on the  (E flat major) floor  (E flat minor)  (B major) 
D 
E 
A 
 (D major) I'm  (E major) gonna see my sweet honey baby  (A major) 
E 
A 
Gon (E major) na blow  (A major) these
E 
chain (E major) s  off and run
B 
I'm gonna find somewhere shady  (B major) 
Lord, he showed his heart in the sun
E 
A 
Hold  (E major) it steady right there while I  (A major) hit it
F 
I  (F major) reckon that oughta get it
Dm 
E 
A 
 (D minor) I've been  (E major) workin' and I'm  (A major) workin'
B 
But I still  (B major) got so terrible on
E 
Em 
F 
the  (E major) job  (E minor)  (F major) 
Riggin' up big rocks on
the chain gang
Fm 
F 
Riggin'  (F minor) rocks and servin'  (F major) my time
Fm 
F 
Riggin'  (F minor) rocks out  (F major) here
Cm 
on the chain gang  (C minor) 
Lord, I've been convicted of crime
Fm 
Hold (F minor) in' steady right there while I hit it
A# 
F 
I  (A sharp major) reckon that oughta  (F major) get it
A# 
Been workin', been workin'  (A sharp major) 
G 
C 
F 
But I still  (G major) got so ter (C major) rible heart to  (F major) kill
I've been workin'
A# 
Lord, I've been workin'  (A sharp major) 
Gm 
G 
C 
But I still  (G minor)  (G major) got so ter (C major) rible
F 
A# 
Won't  (F major) you  (A sharp major) go?