Work Song chords by
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Key: E major

Intro 1

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Breaking rocks out here

Verse 1
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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
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Well, reckon that ought to get it
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Been working and working
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But I still got so  terribly far to go
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I     committed crime

Verse 3

Lord I needed

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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

Hold it steady right there while I hit it

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Well, reckon that ought to get it

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Been working and working

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But I still got so terribly far to go

Verse 5

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I heard the judge say five years

On chain- gang you gonna go

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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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Hold it right there while I hit it

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Well, reckon that ought to get it

Been working and working

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But I still got so terribly far to go

Interlude 1

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Cdim

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Cdim

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Gonna see my sweet

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honey bee
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Gonna break this chain off to run
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I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady
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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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Well, reckon  that ought to get it
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Been  workin' and workin'
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Been workin' and slavin'
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An'   workin' and workin'
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But I still got so terribly far to go

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