Key: C minor
Verse 1
Bm
E
Bm
Breaking rocks out here on
E
Bm
the chain gang
Bm
E
Breaking rocks out here on
D
E
Because they done convicted me of crime
Verse 2
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
F#
D
Bm
Been working and working
Ddim
E
Ddim
But I still got
Dm
Bm
so terribly far to go
D
Verse 3
F#
E
F#m
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Bm
F#m
Bm
Crime of being hungry and poor
D
E
F#
I left the grocery store man bleeding
F#m
F#
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
Bm
E
Bm
E
Bm
G
Bm
D
E
Ddim
F#
Bm
E
D
Verse 4
F#m
D
Bm
On chain-gang you you
D
F#m
D
gonna go
D
F#
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
Bm
E
Bm
E
F#
Bm
E
Ddim
C#
D
Bm
F#sus4
Bm
Verse 5
Bm
A
Bm
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
D
Bm
shady
F#m
F#
D
F#
C
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Bm
E
Hold it right there while I hit it
E
Bm
Well reckon that ought to get it
B
Bm
Em
E
Been workin' and workin'
A
Bm
Been workin' and slavin'
E
D
E
D
And workin' and workin'
Bm
E
Bm
A
E
Bm
But I still got
G
F#
E
F#
D
so terribly far to go
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