Chorus
GCG
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
GDG
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
GCG
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
GDG
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
Instrumental break
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Verse 1
GCG
Warden hear my plea, listen now to me
GDG
I killed a man that I caught with my wife
GCG
You'd probably do the same, so why am I to blame
GDG
Sentenced to the rest of my life
Chorus
GCG
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
GDG
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
GCG
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
GDG
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
Instrumental break
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Verse 2
GCG
In the driven rain with a ball and chain
GDG
My hammer rings a low and mournful sound
GCG
I sing a little song for the one who done me wrong
GDG
She??s lyin?? in the cold, cold ground
Chorus
GCG
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
GDG
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
GCG
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
GDG
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
Instrumental break
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G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
Chorus
GCG
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
GDG
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
GCG
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
GDG
I'll never be a free man, so they say. G---/D---/G---/G---/end