Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
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C#m
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Break in' rocks out
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Cause I've been
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convicted of a crime
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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There I reckon that that oughta get it
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Been workin', I've been workin'
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But I still got so terrible long to go
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I committed the crime,
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Crime of bein' colored and poor
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Left the grocery store man bleedin'
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When he caught me
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robbin' his store
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Reckon that that oughta get it
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Cause I'm workin',
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long to go
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On the chain gang you're gonna go
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Heard the judge said, five years of labor
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Heard my woman scream,
Lord, I know
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Lord, you know that that ought to get it
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I've been workin'
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But I still got so terrible long to go
Whoa, hold it steady
Ha!
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While I hit it
Ha!
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Hold it steady
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While I hit it
Cause that's gonna kill it
Wipin' it off one time
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