Work Song chords by Gregory Porter
Verse 1
Am
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
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
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I've been working
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Oh well and I still
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Got so terribly long to go
Verse 2
Am
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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Am
Hold it steady right there
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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Am
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
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When they caught me
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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
Am
I've been working, I've been working
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Am
And I still got so terribly long to go
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Verse 3
Am
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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Am
I heard my woman scream "Lordy, no!"
Hold it steady right there and let me hit it
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Well I reckon that ought to get it
Am
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I've been working, I've been working
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Am
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And I still got so terribly long to go
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
Am
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
Hold it steady right there
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and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Am
I've been working, I've been working
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Still got so terribly long to go
Verse 5
Am
Breaking up big rocks on the chain
gang
Am
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on
Am
the chain gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
E
Hold it steady right there
Am
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Am
I've been working, I've been working
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Am
Still got so terribly long to go
I've been working, I've been slaving
F
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Still got so terribly long
to go
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I've been working, I've been slaving
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And I still got so terribly long
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to go
Outro 1
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Work Song
Gregory Porter
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