Chords for The Animals - Worksong (Live, 1965) ♫♥
Tempo:
86.75 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Bb
F
C
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Gm] [Bb]
[Fm] Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang,
Rocks in silver, my chain.
Breaking rocks all day on the chain [C] gang,
Cause I've been convicted [Fm] of crime.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I [B] reckon one more time,
Old Dickie [F] would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [F] got a long way to go.
[Fm] Commit the crime of being [F] needy,
Crime of being lonely [Fm] and poor.
[C] Left the grocery store man bleeding,
When the copies robbed [Fm] in his store.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[Bbm] Morning [F] hit it, been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [Eb] got a long way to go.
[F] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb] [C] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[B] [Bb]
[Fm] Hear me now, I'm demanding my freedom,
And I'll get it any old how.
Any way, any [C] time, any child time,
[E] Any way, any day, any [Fm] how.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old Dickie would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
[E] Still got a [B] long way to go.
[Fm] [Bb] [Fm]
[B] [Fm] [C]
[Fm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[Bb] [Fm] Hey, I wanna go and see my sweet baby,
[Bb] I wanna take these tears [Fm] out and run.
I wanna go somewhere [C] nice and shady,
Lord, it sure gets hard in this hood.
[F] [Bb] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I reckon [C] one more time,
Old Dickie would have [F] been working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to [Fm] go.
Yeah, the judge said five years of labor,
To the chain gang, you gotta go.
Yeah, the [Eb] judge said five years of labor,
I hear my woman scream like,
[Fm] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old [C] Dickie would have been [A] working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to go.
[Em] [F] Working!
[Bb] Working!
Still got [Fm] a long way to go.
Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain [Bb] gang.
[Fm] [N]
[Fm] Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang,
Rocks in silver, my chain.
Breaking rocks all day on the chain [C] gang,
Cause I've been convicted [Fm] of crime.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I [B] reckon one more time,
Old Dickie [F] would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [F] got a long way to go.
[Fm] Commit the crime of being [F] needy,
Crime of being lonely [Fm] and poor.
[C] Left the grocery store man bleeding,
When the copies robbed [Fm] in his store.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[Bbm] Morning [F] hit it, been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [Eb] got a long way to go.
[F] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb] [C] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[B] [Bb]
[Fm] Hear me now, I'm demanding my freedom,
And I'll get it any old how.
Any way, any [C] time, any child time,
[E] Any way, any day, any [Fm] how.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old Dickie would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
[E] Still got a [B] long way to go.
[Fm] [Bb] [Fm]
[B] [Fm] [C]
[Fm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[Bb] [Fm] Hey, I wanna go and see my sweet baby,
[Bb] I wanna take these tears [Fm] out and run.
I wanna go somewhere [C] nice and shady,
Lord, it sure gets hard in this hood.
[F] [Bb] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I reckon [C] one more time,
Old Dickie would have [F] been working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to [Fm] go.
Yeah, the judge said five years of labor,
To the chain gang, you gotta go.
Yeah, the [Eb] judge said five years of labor,
I hear my woman scream like,
[Fm] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old [C] Dickie would have been [A] working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to go.
[Em] [F] Working!
[Bb] Working!
Still got [Fm] a long way to go.
Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain [Bb] gang.
[Fm] [N]
Key:
Fm
Bb
F
C
B
Fm
Bb
F
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] _ _ Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang,
Rocks in silver, my chain.
Breaking rocks all day on the chain [C] gang,
Cause I've been convicted [Fm] of crime.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I [B] reckon one more time,
Old Dickie [F] would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [F] got a long way to go.
[Fm] _ Commit the crime of being [F] needy,
Crime of being lonely [Fm] and poor.
[C] Left the grocery store man bleeding,
When the copies robbed [Fm] in his store.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[Bbm] _ Morning [F] hit it, been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [Eb] got a long way to go.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ Hear me now, I'm demanding my freedom,
And I'll get it any old how.
Any way, any [C] time, any child time,
[E] Any way, any day, any [Fm] how.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old Dickie would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
[E] Still got a [B] long way to go.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] [Fm] Hey, I wanna go and see my sweet baby,
[Bb] I wanna take these tears [Fm] out and run.
I wanna go somewhere [C] nice and shady,
Lord, it sure gets hard in this hood.
[F] [Bb] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I reckon [C] one more time,
Old Dickie would have [F] been working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to [Fm] go.
Yeah, the judge said five years of labor,
To the chain gang, you gotta go.
Yeah, the [Eb] judge said five years of labor,
I hear my woman scream like,
[Fm] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old [C] Dickie would have been [A] working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to go.
[Em] [F] Working!
[Bb] Working!
Still got [Fm] a long way to go.
Well, I'm breaking _ rocks on the chain [Bb] gang.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ Well, I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang,
Rocks in silver, my chain.
Breaking rocks all day on the chain [C] gang,
Cause I've been convicted [Fm] of crime.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I [B] reckon one more time,
Old Dickie [F] would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [F] got a long way to go.
[Fm] _ Commit the crime of being [F] needy,
Crime of being lonely [Fm] and poor.
[C] Left the grocery store man bleeding,
When the copies robbed [Fm] in his store.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[Bbm] _ Morning [F] hit it, been working,
[Bb] Working!
Still [Eb] got a long way to go.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ Hear me now, I'm demanding my freedom,
And I'll get it any old how.
Any way, any [C] time, any child time,
[E] Any way, any day, any [Fm] how.
Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old Dickie would have been working,
[Bb] Working!
[E] Still got a [B] long way to go.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] [Fm] Hey, I wanna go and see my sweet baby,
[Bb] I wanna take these tears [Fm] out and run.
I wanna go somewhere [C] nice and shady,
Lord, it sure gets hard in this hood.
[F] [Bb] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
Well, I reckon [C] one more time,
Old Dickie would have [F] been working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to [Fm] go.
Yeah, the judge said five years of labor,
To the chain gang, you gotta go.
Yeah, the [Eb] judge said five years of labor,
I hear my woman scream like,
[Fm] Hold it steady right there while I hit it.
[B] Well, I reckon one more time,
Old [C] Dickie would have been [A] working,
[Bb] Working!
[F] Still got a long way to go.
[Em] [F] Working!
[Bb] Working!
Still got [Fm] a long way to go.
Well, I'm breaking _ rocks on the chain [Bb] gang.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [N] _ _