Intro
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Every mornin' finds me moanin'
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Life's a losing gamble to me
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Cause of all the trouble I see
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Everybody knows I'm moanin'
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Every evenin' finds me moanin'
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I'm alone and I'm crying the blues
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I'm so tired of paying my dues
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Everybody knows I'm moanin'
[Verse 1]
C#m
Breaking out here rocks on the chain gang
C#m
Breaking rocks and serving my time
C#m
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
C#m G#7
Lord I've been convicted me of crime
C#m
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
C#m
I reckon that ought to get it
F#m C#m
Been working, lord, been working here
C#m
I got a long way to go
[Verse 2]
C#m
I committed crime lord I needed
C#m
Crime of being hungry and poor
C#m
I left the grocery store man bleeding
C#m G#7
Lordy caught me robbing his store
C#m
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
C#m
I reckon that ought to get it
F#m C#m
Been working here, lord, been working here
C#m
I got a long way to go
[Verse 3]
C#m
I heard the judge say five years labor
C#m
On chain-gang you gonna go
C#m
I heard the judge say five years labor
G#7
I heard my woman scream "lordy, no!"
C#m
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
C#m
I reckon that ought to get it
F#m C#m
Been working here, working, oh lord
F#m C#m
I got so terribly far to go
[Verse 4]
C#m
I gotta go make or break 'cause I'm grievin'
C#m
Gotta break my chains off to run
C#m
And if the boss man stops me from leavin'
G#7
I tell you, lord I'm gonna get him one
C#m
Hold him steady right there while I hit him
C#m
I reckon that ought to get it
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Been working lord, been working, oh lord
C#m
I got a long way to go
[Outro]
F#m Am G#7 C#m B A G#7 C#m
Lord, I'm moanin', I'm moanin', oh lord...