Tom: Gm
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--3---3--------------------------5--3-----3--5-------|
A|-----------5---5--3--5--3---------------------5-------------|
E|-3-3-----------------------6--3--3--------------------------| x2
[Verse 1]
G Bb C G G F G
You work me so hard that my backs near broke - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
My brow is wet and my throat's a choke - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
You send me here for ten long years - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
I miss my whisky and I miss my beer - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
Ain't seen a gal since I don't know when - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
And the way you treat me, won't see one again - we're groanin'.
[Verse 2]
G Bb C G G F G
You broke my head 'cause I spat on a guard - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
Sure don't make me no better, it just make me hard - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
Your water stinks 'cause it comes from a bog - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
And that slop you feed us, ain't fit for a dog - we're groanin'.
[Chorus]
C D
Well you can tease me and try to break me and still I'll spit at you.
Eb D
You'll never break my spirit, even when my body's black and blue.
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B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--3---3---------------------5--3-----3--5------------|
A|-----------5---5--3--5--3----------------5------------------|
E|-3-3-----------------------6--3--3--------------------------| x2
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--3---3---------------------5--3-----3--5------------|
D|-----------5---5--3--5--3----------------5------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------6--3--3--------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--3---3---------------------5--3-----3--5------------|
A|-----------5---5--3--5--3----------------5------------------|
E|-3-3-----------------------6--3--3--------------------------|
C / D / Eb / D
[Verse 3]
G Bb C G G F G
Well in my arm there's a dreadful pain - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
It's hard diggin ditches with a ball and chain - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
You send me here for ten long years - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
I miss my whisky and I miss my beer - we're groanin'.
[Verse 4]
G Bb C G G F G
You broke my head 'cause I spat on a guard - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
Sure don't make me no better, it just make me hard - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
Your water stinks 'cause it comes from a bog - we're groanin'.
G Bb C G G F G
And that slop you feed us, ain't fit for a dog - we're groanin'.
[Chorus]
C D
Well you can tease me and try to break me and still I'll spit at you.
Eb D
You'll never break my spirit, even when my body's black and blue.
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B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--3---3---------------------5--3-----3--5------------|
A|-----------5---5--3--5--3----------------5------------------|
E|-3-3-----------------------6--3--3--------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--3---3----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------5---5--3--5--3-----------------------------------|
E|-3-3-----------------------6--3--1--1--1--1--2--3-----------|
Verses are:- first G = 3 5 5 4 3 3, first Bb = 6 8 8 7 6 6, first C = 8 10 10 9 8 8
then quickly back to first G then quickly up to second G = 10 10 12 12 12 10 then to
to F = 8 8 10 10 10 8 then back to second G
Chorus is:- C = 8 10 10 9 8 8 D = 10 12 12 11 10 10 Eb = 11 13 13 12 11 11
