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