Workin' (Work Song) chords by Joe Williams
Verse 1
Am
D
Am
Breaking rocks out here on
D
Am
the chain gang
D
Breaking rocks and serving
C
my time
Am
D
Breaking rocks out here on
E
the chain gang
C
D
Because they done convicted me of crime
Verse 2
Am
[Chorus]
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
E
C
Am
Been working and working
Cdim
D
Cdim
But I still got
Cm
Am
so terribly far to go
C
Verse 3
E
D
Em
I committed crime, Lord, I needed
Am
Em
Am
Crime of being hungry and poor
C
D
E
I left the grocery store man bleeding
Em
E
When they caught me robbing his store
Interlude 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
F
Am
C
D
Cdim
E
Am
D
C
D
[Chorus] I heard the judge say five years
Verse 4
Em
C
Am
On chain-gang you you
C
Em
C
gonna go
Am
I heard the judge say five years labor
C
E
I heard my old man scream "Lordy,
Interlude 2
no!"
Am
D
Am
D
E
Am
D
Cdim
B
C
Am
Esus4
Am
C
[Chorus] Gonna see my sweet
Verse 5
Am
honey bee
G
Gonna break this chain
Am
G
Am
off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere
C
Am
shady
Em
E
C
E
Bb
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun
Verse 6
Am
D
Hold it right there while I hit it
D
Am
Well reckon that ought to get it
A
Am
Dm
D
Been workin' and workin'
G
Am
Been workin' and slavin'
D
C
D
C
And workin' and workin'
Am
D
Am
G
D
Am
But I still got
F
E
D
E
C
so terribly far to go
Workin' (Work Song)
Joe Williams
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