Work Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Breaking up big rocks
on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the
chain [E]gang
'Cause I've been
convicted of [Am]crime
Hold it steady right there
and let me hit it well
Well I reckon that ought to get it,
yeah yeah
I've been working
I've been work[D]ing
Oh well and I [E]still[F]
Got so terribly [E]long [Am]to go

[Verse 2]
[Am]
Breaking up big rocks on
the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here
on the chain gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
[E]Hol[Am]d it steady right there
and let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
I've been working, I've been work[D]ing
An[F]d I still got so terribly [Am]long to go
I've been convicted of crime
Lord I needed
A crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man bleeding
[E]When they caught me
[Am]robbing [E]his store
[Am]Hold it steady right there let me hit it
Well I reckon that ought to get [C]it
I've [Am]been working, I've been working
[D]And I sti[F]ll got so ter[Am]ribly long to go

[Verse 3]
I [Am]heard the judge say five
years of hard labor
On a chain- gang you gonna go
I heard that dirty judge say five years of labor
I heard my [E]woman [Am]scream "Lordy, no!"
Hold it steady right there and let me hit it
Well I reckon [D]that ought to get it
[Am]I've been working, I've been work[D]ing
[E]And [F]I still got [Am]so terribly long to go[E][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Gsus4][Am][G#][E][Am]
[E]
[Am][Bb][C][Am][E]
[Am][F][E][Am][E]
[Am][F][E][Am][E][Am]
[E]
[Am][D][Gm][C][Am][F][Am][Bb][Am]
[D][Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][Dm][Am][E][Bb]
[Am][F][Am][E][Am][F][E]
[Am][Gm][Bb][F][Bb]
[Am]
[D][F][Am]
[E]
[Am][E][Am][Adim][Ebdim][Am][E]
[Am][E][Gm][Am][C][E][F][Am][E][Bb]
[Am][C][E][D][Am][F][E][Am][E]
[Am]
[E][F][E]
[Am][D][Bb][C][Am][F][Am][F][Bb]
[Am][D][Adim][Am][F][E][Am]
[D][Am]
[E][Am][E][E]
[Ebdim][D][Am][F][Bb][Am][F][Am]

[Verse 4]
Wanna see my sweet honey [Am]baby
Wanna break this chain
off [Am]and run
Wanna go lay down somewhere shady
[Am]'Cause it's sure goes
hot here in [Am]the sun
Hold it steady right there
and let me hit [Am]it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
I've [Am]been working, I've been working
Still [F]got so terribly [Am]long to go

[Verse 5]
Breaking up big rocks on [Am]the chain
gang
Breaking rocks and serving my [Am]time
Breaking rocks out here on
the chain [Am]gang
'Cause I've been convicted of crime
[E]Hold it steady right there
and let me hit [Am]it
Well I reckon that ought to get it
[Am]I've been working, I've been working
Still [F]got so terribly [Am]long to go
I've been working, I've been slaving
Still [F]got so terribly [Am]long
to go
I've been working, I've [D]been slaving
And [F]I still got so terribly [C]long
[E]to [Am]go

[Outro 1]
[Am]
[Am][E]