Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC FF A minorAm x2
Verse 1:
C majorC FF A minorAm
I worked in her fields and under her trees
C majorC FF A minorAm
I picked all her cotton it stung me like bees
C majorC FF A minorAm
I shoveled her dirt when no one else would
C majorC FF A minorAm
I gave her way more than I ever should
FF A minorAm
but I'm still here with nothing whatsoever
G+G FF A minorAm G+G
So I'm gonna work on Maggie's farm forever
Verse 2:
C majorC FF A minorAm
I ground down my knuckles for nothing at all
C majorC FF A minorAm
And I've worked on my knees till I couldn't crawl
C majorC FF A minorAm
I've felt so worthless I can hardly recall
C majorC FF A minorAm
a time before she had me trapped in her wall
FF A minorAm
the odds of me leaving are slim to almost never
G+G FF A minorAm
yeah, I'm gonna work on Maggie's farm forever
Solo:
C majorC FF A minorAm x4
FF A minorAm
G+G FF A minorAm
Verse 3:
C majorC FF A minorAm
I've song to myself in the darkest of nights
C majorC FF A minorAm
of freedom above me where all is alright
C majorC FF A minorAm
But I wake up so cold on a cracked wooden floor
C majorC FF A minorAm
and I've got to admit I'm not sure anymore
FF A minorAm
yeah I live in this endless misery however,
G+G FF A minorAm G+G
I'm gonna work on Maggie's farm forever
Verse 4:
C majorC FF A minorAm
I've dreamed to myself with no one around
C majorC FF A minorAm
of burning her plantation down to the ground
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 A minorAm
and watching her scream from her third story room
C majorC FF A minorAm
and light up my shovel wheelbarrow and broom
C majorC FF A minorAm
all burned to the point you could never exhume
C majorC FF A minorAm
the filthiest past one could ever endure
G+G A minorAm
and her/his ashes will smolder the finest perfume
FF A minorAm
if I have the strength to get out of this/his room
FF A minorAm
But I know no other living whatsoever
G+G FF A minorAm
I'm gonna work on Maggie's farm forever
G+G FF A minorAm
Yeah, I'm gonna work on Maggie's farm forever