Work Song chords by Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan
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Intro 1
(D major) (G minor) (A flat major) (D major) (G minor) (A flat major) (G minor) (D major) (G minor)
Breaking rocks (D major) out here
Verse 1
(G minor)
on the (D major) chain gang (G minor)
Breaking rocks and serving my time (D major)
Breaking (G minor) rocks out here on
the chain gang (D major)
Because they done con (G minor)
victed me of (D major) crime (G minor)
Hold it steady right there (D major) while I hit it
(G minor) Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and (C major) working
But I still got (D major) so terribly far (G minor) to go (D major)
(G minor) I committed crime
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Verse 2
(D major) Lord I needed
(G minor) Crime of being hungry and (D major) poor
I (G minor) left the grocery (D major) store man
bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
(G minor) Well reckon that (D major) ought to get it
(G minor) Been
Working and (C major) working
But I still (G minor) got so (D major) terribly far (G minor) to go
Verse 3
I heard the judge say five (G minor) (D major) years (G minor)
On chain-gang you you gonna go (D major)
I (G minor) heard the judge (D major) say five years labor
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
no!" (G minor)
Hold it right there while I hit (D major) it
(G minor) Well reckon that (D major) ought to (G minor) get it
Been
Working and (C major) working
But I still got (G minor) so (D major) terribly far (G minor) to go
Interlude 1
(G minor) (Edim) (E flat major) (G minor) (D major)
(G minor) (C major) (Edim) (E flat major) (G minor) (C major) (G minor)
(A major) (D major) (G minor) (D major)
(G minor) Gonna see my sweet
Verse 4
honey bee (D major)
Gonna (G minor) break this chain off to (D major) run
(G minor) Gonna lay down somewhere (D major) shady
Lord I sure am (G minor) hot (D major) in the sun (G minor)
(D major) Hold it right there while I hit it
(G minor) Well reck (D major) on that ought to get it
(G minor) Been
Workin' and (C major) workin'
Been
(G minor) Workin' (D major) and slavin'
An (C major) ' (G minor)
Workin' and (C major) workin'
But I still (D major) got so terribly (D major) (D major) far to (G minor) go
Work Song
Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan
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