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