Sam Cooke, Chain Gang (1960)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Sam Cooke, Charles Cooke)}

INTRO:
[C#] ooh, [A#m] aah, [C#] ooh, [A#m] aah

BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[C#] ooh, [A#m] aah, [F#] ooh, [G#] aah
[C#] ooh, [A#m] aah, [F#] ooh, [G#] aah

CHORUS:
[C#] That's the sound of the [F#] men
Working on the [C#] chain [A#m] gang
[C#] That's the sound of the [F#] men
Working on the [G#] chain [C#] gang

BREAK 2:
(All day long they're singing)
[C#] ooh, [A#m] aah, [F#] ooh, [G#] aah
[C#] ooh, [A#m] aah, [F#] ooh, [G#] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 1:
[C#] All day long they [A#m] work so hard
[F#] 'til the sun is going [G#] down
[C#] Working on the [A#m] highway and byways
and [F#] wearing, wearing a [G#] frown
[C#] You hear them moaning their [A#m] lives away
[F#] Then you hear [G#] somebody say

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 2:
Can't you hear them saying [C#] Mmm
[A#m] I'm going home one of [F#] these days
[G#] I'm going home see my [C#] woman
Whom I [A#m] love so dear, but [F#] meanwhile
I got to [G#] work right here

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO:
All day long they're singing [C#] mmm
[A#m] My, my, my, [F#] my, my
My [G#] work is so hard
Give me [C#] water, I'm [A#m] thirsty
[F#] My [G#] work is so hard