Work Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Gm][Ab][D][Gm][Ab][Gm][D][Gm]
Breaking rocks [D]out here

[Verse 1]
[Gm]
on the [D]chain [Gm]gang
Breaking rocks and serving my [D]time
Breaking [Gm]rocks out here on
the chain [D]gang
Because they done [Gm]con
victed me of [D]crime[Gm]

[Verse 2]
Hold it steady right [D]there while I hit it
[Gm]Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been working and [C]working
But I still got [D]so terribly far [Gm]to go[D]
[Gm]I committed crime

[Verse 3]
[D]Lord I needed
[Gm]Crime of being hungry and [D]poor
I [Gm]left the grocery [D]store man breathing
When they caught me robbing his store

[Verse 4]
Hold it steady right [D]there while I hit it
[Gm]Well, reckon [D]that ought to get it
[Gm]Been working and [C]working
But [Gm]I still got so [D]terribly far [Gm]to go

[Verse 5]
I heard the judge say [Gm]five [D]yea[Gm]rs
On chain- gang you gonna [D]go
I [Gm]heard the judge [D]say five years labor
I heard my old man scream Lordy, [Gm]no!

[Verse 6]
Hold it right [Gm]there while I hit [D]it
[Gm]Well, reckon [D]that ought to [Gm]get it
Been working and [C]working
But I still got [Gm]so t[D]erribly far to[Gm] go

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][Edim][Eb][Gm][D]
[Gm][C][Edim][Eb][Gm][C][Gm]
[A][D][Gm][D]
Gonna [Gm]see my sweet

[Verse 7]
honey [D]bee
Gonna [Gm]break this chain off to [D]run
I'm [Gm]gonna lay down some[D]where shady
Lord, I sure [Gm]am ho[D]t in the s[Gm]un
[D]Hold it right

[Verse 8]
there while I hit it
[Gm]Well, reck[D]on that ought to get it
[Gm]Been workin' and [C]workin'
Been [Gm]workin' [D]and slavin'
An[C]' w[Gm]orkin' and workin[C]'
But I [D]still got so ter[D]ribly [D]far to go[Gm]