Work Song chords by Nina Simone
Intro 1
D
Gm
Ab
D
Gm
Ab
Gm
D
Gm
D
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
Verse 2
D
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Gm
Well, reckon that ought to get it
C
Been working and working
D
Gm
D
But I still got so terribly far to go
Gm
I committed crime
Verse 3
D
Lord I needed
Gm
D
Crime of being hungry and poor
Gm
D
I left the grocery store man breathing
When they caught me robbing his store
Verse 4
D
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Gm
D
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Gm
C
Been working and working
Gm
D
Gm
But I still got so terribly far to go
Verse 5
Gm
D
Gm
I heard the judge say five years
D
On chain- gang you gonna go
Gm
D
I heard the judge say five years labor
Gm
I heard my old man scream Lordy, no!
Verse 6
Gm
D
Hold it right there while I hit it
Gm
D
Gm
Well, reckon that ought to get it
C
Been working and working
Gm
D
Gm
But I still got so terribly far to go
Interlude 1
Gm
Edim
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
C
Edim
Eb
Gm
C
Gm
A
D
Gm
D
Gm
Gonna see my sweet
Verse 7
D
honey bee
Gm
D
Gonna break this chain off to run
Gm
D
I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady
Gm
D
Gm
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
D
Hold it right
Verse 8
there while I hit it
Gm
D
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Gm
C
Been workin' and workin'
Gm
D
Been workin' and slavin'
C
Gm
C
An' workin' and workin'
D
D
D
Gm
But I still got so terribly far to go
Work Song
Nina Simone
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