Key: C minor
Verse 1
Fm
Bb
Fm
Breaking rocks out here on
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Fm
the chain gang
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Bb
Breaking rocks out here on
Ab
Bb
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
C
Ab
Fm
Been working and working
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Bb
Abdim
But I still got
Abm
Fm
so terribly far to go
Ab
Verse 3
C
Bb
Cm
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Fm
Cm
Fm
Crime of being hungry and poor
Ab
Bb
C
I left the grocery store man bleeding
Cm
C
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
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Bb
Fm
Bb
Fm
Db
Fm
Ab
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Abdim
C
Fm
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Ab
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[Chorus] I heard the judge say five years
Verse 4
Cm
Ab
Fm
On chain-gang you you
Ab
Cm
Ab
gonna go
Ab
C
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
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Fm
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C
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Abdim
G
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Fm
Csus4
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Verse 5
Fm
Eb
Fm
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
Ab
Fm
shady
Cm
C
Ab
C
Gb
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Fm
Bb
Hold it right there while I hit it
Bb
Fm
Well reckon that ought to get it
F
Fm
Bbm
Bb
Been workin' and workin'
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Fm
Been workin' and slavin'
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Ab
Bb
Ab
And workin' and workin'
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Bb
Fm
Eb
Bb
Fm
But I still got
Db
C
Bb
C
Ab
so terribly far to go
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