Chain Gang chords and lyrics - NINA SIMONE

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Brea[Dm]king rocks out
here on the [Am]chain gang
[Dm]Breaking rocks and serving my ti[Am]me
[Dm]Breaking rocks out here on the chain[Am] gang[Dm]
[Am]Because they done convicted me of crime
[Dm]Hold it steady right there while I hit it[Am]
[Dm]Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
[G]Working [Dm]an d worki[G]ng
[G#dim]But I sti[G]ll got[Dm] so
terribly far [Am]to go
[Dm]

[Verse 2]
I commited crime [Am]Lord I needed
[Dm]Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man
[Am]bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
[Dm]Hold it steady right there while I hit i[Am]t
[Dm]Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
[G]Work[Dm]ing and working

[Verse 3]
But I still [Dm]got so terribly far [Am]to go

[Verse 4]
[Dm]I heard the judge say five years[Am]
[Dm]On chain- gang you gonna go[Am]
[Dm]I heard the judge say five years labor
[Am]I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
[Dm]Hold it right there while I hit it[Am]
[Dm]Well reckon that ought to get it
[G]Been

[Verse 5]
Working and work[Dm]ing[G#dim]
[G]But I [Dm]still got so terribly far to go

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
I'm getting [Dm]tired and tired and [Am]tired and
[G]tired and tired and [Dm]tired[Am]
Working [Dm]on the chain gang
[G]But they still
[Dm]They tell [F]me I still
Even though I'm so [Em]tired [E]and [Am]tired
They [Dm]tell me I still
[Eb]Got so terribly far to [Dm]go