Workin' (Work Song) chords by Joe Williams
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Verse 1
(A minor) Breaking (D major) rock (A minor) s out here on
the chain (D major) gang (A minor)
(D major) Breaking rocks and serving
my time (C major)
(A minor) Breaking rocks out here (D major) on
the chain gang (E major)
Because (C major) they (D major) done convicted me of crime
Verse 2
(A minor) [Chorus]
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been work (E major) ing (C major) (A minor) and working
(Cdim) (D major) But I still (Cdim) got
(C minor) so ter (A minor) ribly far to go
(C major)
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Verse 3
I committed (E major) crime, (D major) Lord, I needed (E minor)
(A minor) Crime of being hungry and poor (E minor) (A minor)
I left the (C major) grocery store (D major) man bleeding (E major)
(E minor) (E major) When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (C major) (D major)
(Cdim) (E major) (A minor) (D major) (C major)
[Chorus] I heard the judge (D major) say five years
Verse 4
(E minor)
(C major) (A minor)
On chain-gang you you
gonna go (C major) (E minor) (C major)
I heard the judge say five years labor (A minor)
I (C major) heard my old man scream "Lordy, (E major)
Interlude 2
no!"
(A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (E major) (A minor)
(D major) (Cdim) (B major) (C major) (A minor) (Esus4) (A minor)
[Chorus] Gonna see my (C major) sweet
Verse 5
honey bee (A minor)
Gonna break this (G major) chain
(A minor) off to run (G major) (A minor)
Gonna lay down somewhere
(C major) shady (A minor)
(E minor) Lord, (E major) I sure am (C major) hot in (E major) the sun (B flat major)
Verse 6
(A minor) Hold (D major) it right there while I hit it
Well reck (D major) on that (A minor) ought to get it
Been workin' (A major) (A minor) and (D minor) workin' (D major)
(G major) Been (A minor) workin' and slavin'
And (D major) workin' (C major) and (D major) work (C major) in'
(A minor) But (D major) I still (A minor) (G major) (D major) (A minor) got
(F major) (E major) (D major) (E major) so terribly far to (C major) go
Workin' (Work Song)
Joe Williams
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