INTRO:
[F] ooh, [Dm] aah, [F] ooh, [Dm] aah

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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