Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving
F#
F#m
my time
B
F#m
Breaking rocks out here
on the chain gang
'Cause they convicted me of crime
Verse 2
F#m
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
F#
F#m
Been workin' and workin'
B
F#m
A
F#m
But I still got so terribly long to go
Verse 3
F#m
C#
F#m
I committed crime, Lord I needed
B
F#m
Crime of bein' hungry and poor
C#
F#m
I left the grocery store man bleeding
F#
F#m
A
F#m
When they caught me rob
C#
F#
bin' his store
Verse 4
F#m
A
F#m
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been workin' and workin'
B
F#m
But I still got so terribly long to go
Verse 5
F#m
And judges say five years o' hard labor
On chain- gang you gonna go
I heard the judge say five
years o' labor
C#
B
F#m
C#
I heard my old man
B
scream,"Lordy, no!"
Verse 6
F#m
Oh, hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
F#
B
Been workin' and workin'
F#m
But I still got so terribly long to go
Interlude 1
F#m
A
F#m
A
F#m
A
B
C#
F#m
A
F#
Cdim
B
Cdim
B
F#m
A
Verse 7
F#m
C#
F#m
Wanna see my sweet honey baby
B
F#m
Wanna break this chain off to run
C#
F#m
Lord, I sure it's hot in the sun
Verse 8
A
F#m
Hold it right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
F#m
B
Been workin' and workin'
Cdim
F#m
But I still got so terribly long to go
Verse 9
F#m
B
Breaking up big rocks on
B
F#m
Breaking rocks and serving
Outro 1
my time
F#m
F#m
F#m
F#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m F# B A C#...
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