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