Key: D minor
Verse 1
Em
Breaking up big rocks
on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the
B
chain gang
'Cause I've been
Em
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
A
I've been working
B
C
Oh well and I still
B
Em
Got so terribly long to go
Verse 2
Em
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
B
Em
Hold it steady right there
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
A
I've been working, I've been working
C
Em
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
B
When they caught me
Em
B
robbing his store
Em
Hold it steady right there let me hit it
G
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Em
I've been working, I've been working
A
C
Em
And I still got so terribly long to go
Verse 3
Em
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
B
Em
I heard my woman scream "Lordy, no!"
Hold it steady right there and let me hit it
A
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Em
A
I've been working, I've been working
B
C
Em
B
Em
And I still got so terribly long to go
Interlude 1
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D#
B
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F
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Dm
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Am
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Dm
F
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Edim
Bbdim
Em
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Dm
Em
G
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F
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Edim
Em
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Bbdim
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Em
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Em
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Em
Verse 4
Em
Wanna see my sweet honey baby
Wanna break this chain
Em
off and run
Wanna go lay down somewhere shady
Em
'Cause it's sure goes
Em
hot here in the sun
Hold it steady right there
Em
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Em
I've been working, I've been working
C
Em
Still got so terribly long to go
Verse 5
Em
Breaking up big rocks on the chain
gang
Em
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on
Em
the chain gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
B
Hold it steady right there
Em
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
Em
I've been working, I've been working
C
Em
Still got so terribly long to go
I've been working, I've been slaving
C
Em
Still got so terribly long
to go
A
I've been working, I've been slaving
C
G
And I still got so terribly long
B
Em
to go
Outro 1
Em
Em
B
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