Key: C major
Intro 1
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Fm
Db
Ab
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Ab
Gb
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F#
Verse 1
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Gb
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Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
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D#m
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A
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D#m
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Ebm
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Fm
Break in' rocks out
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B
Fm
Cause I've been
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Gb
convicted of a crime
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Gb
Ab
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Ab
Fm
There I reckon that that oughta get it
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Eb
Ab
Db
Been workin', I've been workin'
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B
D#
D#m
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E#m
But I still got so terrible long to go
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E#m
I committed the crime,
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C#
Crime of bein' colored and poor
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E#m
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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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Gb
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Fm
Reckon that that oughta get it
B
Gb
Cause I'm workin',
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Db
Fm
long to go
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E
On the chain gang you're gonna go
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G
Heard the judge said, five years of labor
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B
Heard my woman scream,
Lord, I know
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A
Lord, you know that that ought to get it
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E
A
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!
Em
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Hold it steady
E
Em
E
While I hit it
Cause that's gonna kill it
Wipin' it off one time
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