Key: C minor
Verse 1
Gm
C
Gm
Breaking rocks out here on
C
Gm
the chain gang
Gm
C
Breaking rocks out here on
Bb
C
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
D
Bb
Gm
Been working and working
Bbdim
C
Bbdim
But I still got
Bbm
Gm
so terribly far to go
Bb
Verse 3
D
C
Dm
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Gm
Dm
Gm
Crime of being hungry and poor
Bb
C
D
I left the grocery store man bleeding
Dm
D
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
Gm
C
Gm
C
Gm
Eb
Gm
Bb
C
Bbdim
D
Gm
C
Bb
Verse 4
Dm
Bb
Gm
On chain-gang you you
Bb
Dm
Bb
gonna go
Bb
D
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
Gm
C
Gm
C
D
Gm
C
Bbdim
A
Bb
Gm
Dsus4
Gm
Verse 5
Gm
F
Gm
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
Bb
Gm
shady
Dm
D
Bb
D
Ab
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Gm
C
Hold it right there while I hit it
C
Gm
Well reckon that ought to get it
G
Gm
Cm
C
Been workin' and workin'
F
Gm
Been workin' and slavin'
C
Bb
C
Bb
And workin' and workin'
Gm
C
Gm
F
C
Gm
But I still got
Eb
D
C
D
Bb
so terribly far to go
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