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Key: E major
Intro 1
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F#
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C
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F#
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Breaking rocks out here
Verse 1
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F#
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Bm
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on the chain gang
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Breaking rocks out here on
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the chain gang
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Because they done con
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victed me of crime
Verse 2
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Bm
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Well, reckon that ought to get it
E
E

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Been working and working
F#
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Bm
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F#
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But I still got so terribly far to go
Bm
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I committed crime
Verse 3
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Lord I needed
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F#
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Crime of being hungry and poor
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I left the grocery store man breathing
When they caught me robbing his store
Verse 4
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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F#
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Well, reckon that ought to get it
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E
E

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Been working and working
Bm
Bm

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F#
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Bm
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But I still got so terribly far to go
Verse 5
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F#
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I heard the judge say five years
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On chain- gang you gonna go
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F#
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I heard the judge say five years labor
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I heard my old man scream Lordy, no!
Verse 6
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F#
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Hold it right there while I hit it
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F#
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Bm
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Well, reckon that ought to get it
E
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Been working and working
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F#
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But I still got so terribly far to go
Interlude 1
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G#dim
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F#
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E
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G#dim
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Bm
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E
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C#
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F#
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Gonna see my sweet
Verse 7
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honey bee
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F#
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Gonna break this chain off to run
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F#
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I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady
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F#
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Bm
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Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
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Hold it right
Verse 8
there while I hit it
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F#
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Well, reckon that ought to get it
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E
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Been workin' and workin'
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F#
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Been workin' and slavin'
E
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Bm
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E
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An' workin' and workin'
F#
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F#
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F#
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Bm
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But I still got so terribly far to go

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