Key: :[F#] (w: Sam Cooke, Charles Cooke)

INTRO:
[F#] ooh, [D#m] aah, [F#] ooh, [D#m] aah

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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