Work Song chords by Dion

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D

Verse 1
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) every mornin finds me moanin  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
life's a losing gamble to me  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) cause of all the trouble i
A 
Em 
see  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
everybody knows i'm moanin  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) every evenin finds me moanin
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
i'm alone and crying the blues  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) i'm so tired of paying my dues
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
B 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B major) 

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) 
Breaking rocks out here on the
chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
B 
lord i've been convicted  (B major) me of crime
Em 
 (E minor) Hold it steady right there while I hit it
well reckon that ought to get it
been
Am 
Em 
work (A minor) ing an (E minor) d   working

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Verse 3
but I still got a long way to go
Em 
 (E minor) 
I commited crime Lord I needed
Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man
bleeding (breathing?)
B 
When they caught me rob (B major) bing his store
Em 
 (E minor) Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
been
Am 
Em 
working and work (A minor) ing  (E minor) 
Am 
Em 
B 
Em 
but  (A minor) I still  (E minor) got  (B major) so terribly far to  (E minor) go

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
I heard the judge say five years
On chain-gang you you gonna go
I heard the judge say five years labor
B 
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,  (B major) no!"
Em 
 (E minor) Hold it right there while I hit it
well reckon that ought to get it
been
Am 
Em 
work (A minor) ing  (E minor) and working
Am 
Em 
B 
Em 
but I  (A minor) still got so ter (E minor) ribly far  (B major) to  (E minor) go

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) 
gotta go make or break
cause i'm grievin
Gotta break this chain off to run
and if the boss man stops me from leavin
B 
i tell you lord i'm gon (B major) na get him one
Em 
 (E minor) Hold him steady right there while I hit him
well reckon that ought to get it
been
Am 
Em 
Am 
Em 
work (A minor) in' an (E minor) d work (A minor) in'  (E minor) 
Am 
Em 
B 
E 
Em 
 (A minor) i  (E minor) got a long way to  (B major)  (E major)  (E minor) 
Am 
B 
Adim 
B 
 (A minor)  (B major)  (Adim)  (B major) go
Em 
D 
B 
Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (B major)  (E minor) 