Key: C major
Intro 1
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Cm
Ab
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Verse 1
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Cm
Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
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Eb
E
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Cm
Break in' rocks out
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Gb
Cm
Cause I've been
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convicted of a crime
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Eb
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Cm
There I reckon that that oughta get it
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Eb
Ab
Been workin', I've been workin'
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Bb
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Cm
But I still got so terrible long to go
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Cm
I committed the crime,
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Crime of bein' colored and poor
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F
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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Cm
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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B
On the chain gang you're gonna go
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D
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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E
I've been workin'
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D
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A
B
But I still got so terrible long to go
Whoa, hold it steady
Ha!
D
B
While I hit it
Ha!
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B
Hold it steady
B
Bm
B
While I hit it
Cause that's gonna kill it
Wipin' it off one time
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