Work Song chords by Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan

SimplifiedD · Gm · Ab · C · Edim …

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D
Gm
Ab
C
Edim
Eb
A

Intro 1

Breaking rocks out here

Verse 1
Gm 
D 
Gm 
on the chain gang
D 
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Gm 
Breaking rocks out here on
D 
the chain gang
Gm 
Because they done con
D 
Gm 
victed me of crime
D 
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Gm 
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
C 
Working and working
D 
Gm 
D 
But I still got so terribly far to go
Gm 
I   committed crime

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Verse 2
D 
Lord I needed
Gm 
D 
Crime of being hungry and poor
Gm 
D 
I left the grocery store man
bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Gm 
D 
Well reckon that ought to get it
Gm 
Been
C 
Working and working
Gm 
D 
Gm 
But I still got so terribly far to go

Verse 3
Gm 
D 
Gm 
I heard the judge say five years
D 
On chain-gang you you gonna go
Gm 
D 
I heard the judge say five years labor
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Gm 
no!"
D 
Hold it right there while I hit it
Gm 
D 
Gm 
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
C 
Working and working
Gm 
D 
Gm 
But I still got so  terribly far to go

Interlude 1

Edim

Gonna see my sweet

Verse 4
D 
honey bee
Gm 
D 
Gonna break this chain off to run
Gm 
D 
Gonna lay down somewhere shady
Gm 
D 
Gm 
Lord I sure am hot in the sun
D 
Hold it right there while I hit it
Gm 
D 
Well reckon that ought to get it
Gm 
Been
C 
Workin' and workin'
Been
Gm 
D 
Workin' and slavin'
C 
Gm 
An'
C 
Workin' and workin'
D 
D 
D 
Gm 
But I still got so terribly far to go