Key: C minor
Verse 1
Dm
G
Dm
Breaking rocks out here on
G
Dm
the chain gang
Dm
G
Breaking rocks out here on
F
G
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
A
F
Dm
Been working and working
Fdim
G
Fdim
But I still got
Fm
Dm
so terribly far to go
F
Verse 3
A
G
Am
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Dm
Am
Dm
Crime of being hungry and poor
F
G
A
I left the grocery store man bleeding
Am
A
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
Bb
Dm
F
G
Fdim
A
Dm
G
F
Verse 4
Am
F
Dm
On chain-gang you you
F
Am
F
gonna go
F
A
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
Dm
G
Dm
G
A
Dm
G
Fdim
E
F
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Verse 5
Dm
C
Dm
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
F
Dm
shady
Am
A
F
A
Eb
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Dm
G
Hold it right there while I hit it
G
Dm
Well reckon that ought to get it
D
Dm
Gm
G
Been workin' and workin'
C
Dm
Been workin' and slavin'
G
F
G
F
And workin' and workin'
Dm
G
Dm
C
G
Dm
But I still got
Bb
A
G
A
F
so terribly far to go
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