Work Song chords by
Gregory Porter

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Key: D minor•

Verse 1
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Breaking up big rocks
on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the
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chain gang
'Cause I've been
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convicted of crime
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and let me hit it well
Well I reckon that ought to get it,
yeah yeah
I've been working
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I've been working
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Bb Bb 
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Oh well and I still
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Dm Dm 
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Got so terribly long to go

Verse 2
Dm Dm 
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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
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Dm Dm 
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Hold it steady right there
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
G G 
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I've been working, I've been working
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Dm Dm 
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And I still got so terribly 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
A A 
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When they caught me
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A A 
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robbing his store
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Hold it steady right there let me hit it
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Well I reckon that ought to get it
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I've been working, I've been working
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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And I still got so terribly long to go

Verse 3
Dm Dm 
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I 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
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Dm Dm 
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I heard my woman scream "Lordy, no!"
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Well I reckon that ought to get it
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G G 
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I've been working, I've been working
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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And I still got so  terribly long to go

Interlude 1
Csus4 Csus4 
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Dm Dm 
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C# C# 4
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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Bb Bb 
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A A 
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A A 
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A A 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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Eb Eb 6
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G G 
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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Ddim Ddim 
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Abdim Abdim 6
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Cm Cm 3
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Dm Dm 
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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Eb Eb 6
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G G 
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Ddim Ddim 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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G G 
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Dm Dm 
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Abdim Abdim 6
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G G 
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Dm Dm 
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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Verse 4
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Wanna see my sweet honey baby
Wanna break this chain
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off and run
Wanna go lay down somewhere shady
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'Cause it's sure goes
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hot here in the sun
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and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
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I've been working, I've been working
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Still got so terribly long to go

Verse 5
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Breaking up big rocks on the chain
gang
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on
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the chain gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
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Hold it steady right there
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and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
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I've been working, I've been working
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Dm Dm 
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Still got so terribly long to go
I've been working, I've been slaving
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Dm Dm 
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Still got so terribly long
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I've been working, I've been slaving
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F F 
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And I still got so terribly long
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to go