Work Song chords by Gregory Porter
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Verse 1
(A minor) Breaking up big rocks
on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the
chain gang (E major)
'Cause I've been
convicted of crime (A minor)
Hold it steady right there
and let me hit it well
Well I reckon that ought to get it,
yeah yeah
I've been working
I've been working (D major)
Oh well and I still (E major) (F major)
Got so terribly long (E major) to go (A minor)
Verse 2
(A minor)
Breaking up big rocks on
the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here
on the chain gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
(E major) Hold (A minor) it steady right there
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
I've been working, I've been work (D major) ing
An (F major) d I still got so terribly (A minor) long to go
I've been convicted of crime
Lord I needed
A crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man bleeding
(E major) When they caught me
(A minor) robbing his store (E major)
(A minor) Hold it steady right there let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get (C major) it
I've (A minor) been working, I've been working
(D major) And I still (F major) got so (A minor) terribly long to go
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Verse 3
I (A minor) heard the judge say five
years of hard labor
On a chain- gang you gonna go
I heard that dirty judge say five years of labor
I heard my (E major) woman scream (A minor) "Lordy, no!"
Hold it steady right there and let me hit it
Well I reckon that (D major) ought to get it
(A minor) I've been working, I've been work (D major) ing
(E major) And I still (F major) got (A minor) so terribly long to go (E major) (A minor)
Interlude 1
(Gsus4) (A minor) (G sharp major) (E major) (A minor)
(E major)
(A minor) (B flat major) (C major) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor)
(E major)
(A minor) (D major) (G minor) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (B flat major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (E major) (B flat major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (F major) (E major)
(A minor) (G minor) (B flat major) (F major) (B flat major)
(A minor)
(D major) (F major) (A minor)
(E major)
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) (Adim) (E flatdim) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (E major) (G minor) (A minor) (C major) (E major) (F major) (A minor) (E major) (B flat major)
(A minor) (C major) (E major) (D major) (A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor)
(E major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor) (D major) (B flat major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (B flat major)
(A minor) (D major) (Adim) (A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (E major) (E major)
(E flatdim) (D major) (A minor) (F major) (B flat major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 4
Wanna see my sweet honey baby (A minor)
Wanna break this chain
off and run (A minor)
Wanna go lay down somewhere shady
(A minor) 'Cause it's sure goes
hot here in the sun (A minor)
Hold it steady right there
and let me hit (A minor) it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
I've (A minor) been working, I've been working
Still (F major) got so terribly (A minor) long to go
Verse 5
Breaking up big rocks on the chain (A minor)
gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time (A minor)
Breaking rocks out here on
the chain gang (A minor)
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
(E major) Hold it steady right there
and let me hit (A minor) it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
(A minor) I've been working, I've been working
Still (F major) got so terribly (A minor) long to go
I've been working, I've been slaving
Still (F major) got so terribly (A minor) long
to go
I've been working, I've been slaving (D major)
And I still (F major) got so terribly long (C major)
(E major) (A minor) to go
Outro 1
(A minor)
(A minor) (E major)
Work Song
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