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