Key: C minor
Verse 1
Em
A
Em
Breaking rocks out here on
A
Em
the chain gang
Em
A
Breaking rocks out here on
G
A
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
B
G
Em
Been working and working
Gdim
A
Gdim
But I still got
Gm
Em
so terribly far to go
G
Verse 3
B
A
Bm
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Em
Bm
Em
Crime of being hungry and poor
G
A
B
I left the grocery store man bleeding
Bm
B
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
Em
A
Em
A
Em
C
Em
G
A
Gdim
B
Em
A
G
Verse 4
Bm
G
Em
On chain-gang you you
G
Bm
G
gonna go
G
B
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
Em
A
Em
A
B
Em
A
Gdim
F#
G
Em
Bsus4
Em
Verse 5
Em
D
Em
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
G
Em
shady
Bm
B
G
B
F
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Em
A
Hold it right there while I hit it
A
Em
Well reckon that ought to get it
E
Em
Am
A
Been workin' and workin'
D
Em
Been workin' and slavin'
A
G
A
G
And workin' and workin'
Em
A
Em
D
A
Em
But I still got
C
B
A
B
G
so terribly far to go
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