Key: C minor
Verse 1
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Breaking rocks out here on
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the chain gang
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Breaking rocks out here on
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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
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Been working and working
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But I still got
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so terribly far to go
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Verse 3
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I committed crime, Lord, I needed
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Crime of being hungry and poor
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I left the grocery store man bleeding
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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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On chain-gang you you
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gonna go
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I heard the judge say five years labor
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
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no!"
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Verse 5
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off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
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shady
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Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
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Hold it right there while I hit it
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Well reckon that ought to get it
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Been workin' and workin'
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Been workin' and slavin'
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And workin' and workin'
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But I still got
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so terribly far to go
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