Key: :[G] (w: Sam Cooke, Charles Cooke)
INTRO:
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah,
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah
BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah,
[C] ooh,
[D] aah
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah,
[C] ooh,
[D] aah
CHORUS:
[G] That's the sound of the
[C] men
Working on the
[G] chain
[Em] gang
[G] That's the sound of the
[C] men
Working on the
[D] chain
[G] gang
BREAK 2:
(All day long they're singing)
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah,
[C] ooh,
[D] aah
[G] ooh,
[Em] aah,
[C] ooh,
[D] aah
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 1:
[G] All day long they
[Em] work so hard
[C] 'til the sun is going
[D] down
[G] Working on the
[Em] highway and byways
and
[C] wearing, wearing a
[D] frown
[G] You hear them moaning their
[Em] lives away
[C] Then you hear
[D] somebody say
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 2:
Can't you hear them saying
[G] Mmm
[Em] I'm going home one of
[C] these days
[D] I'm going home see my
[G] woman
Whom I
[Em] love so dear, but
[C] meanwhile
I got to
[D] work right here
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
All day long they're singing
[G] mmm
[Em] My, my, my,
[C] my, my
My
[D] work is so hard
Give me
[G] water, I'm
[Em] thirsty
[C] My
[D] work is so hard
