Work Song chords by Nina Simone
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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)
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Verse 2
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
Verse 3
(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 breathing
When they caught me robbing his store
Verse 4
Hold it steady right there (D major) 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 5
I heard the judge say five (G minor) (D major) years (G minor)
On chain- gang 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)
Verse 6
Hold it right (G minor) 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)
Gonna (G minor) see my sweet
Verse 7
honey bee (D major)
Gonna (G minor) break this chain off to (D major) run
I'm (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
Verse 8
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
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