Workin' (Work Song) chords by
Joe Williams
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Key: C minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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Breaking rocks out here on
D D 
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Am Am 
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the chain gang
D D 
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Breaking rocks and serving
C C 
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my time
Am Am 
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D D 
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Breaking rocks out here on
E E 
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the chain gang
C C 
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D D 
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Because they done convicted me of crime

Verse 2
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[Chorus]
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
E E 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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Been working and working
Cdim Cdim 
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D D 
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Cdim Cdim 
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But I still  got
Cm Cm 
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Am Am 
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so  terribly far to go
C C 
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Verse 3
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D D 
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Em Em 
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I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Crime of being hungry and poor
C C 
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D D 
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E E 
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I left the grocery store man bleeding
Em Em 
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E E 
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When they caught me robbing his store

Interlude 1

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[Chorus] I heard the judge say five years

Verse 4
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C C 
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Am Am 
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On chain-gang you you
C C 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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gonna go
Am Am 
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I heard the judge say five years labor
C C 
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E E 
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy,

Interlude 2
no!"
Am Am 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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E E 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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Cdim Cdim 
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B B 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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Am Am 
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C C 
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[Chorus] Gonna see my sweet

Verse 5
Am Am 
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honey bee
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Gonna break this chain
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G G 
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Am Am 
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off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
C C 
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Am Am 
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shady
Em Em 
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E E 
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C C 
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E E 
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Bb Bb 
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Lord, I  sure am hot in the sun

Verse 6
Am Am 
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D D 
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Hold it right there while I hit it
D D 
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Am Am 
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Well reckon that ought to get it
A A 
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Been workin' and workin'
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Am Am 
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Been workin' and slavin'
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C C 
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D D 
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C C 
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And workin' and workin'
Am Am 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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But I still got
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E E 
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D D 
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E E 
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C C 
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so terribly far to go

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