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.

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

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.

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
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