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

INTRO:
[G#] ooh, [Fm] aah, [G#] ooh, [Fm] aah

BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[G#] ooh, [Fm] aah, [C#] ooh, [D#] aah
[G#] ooh, [Fm] aah, [C#] ooh, [D#] aah

CHORUS:
[G#] That's the sound of the [C#] men
Working on the [G#] chain [Fm] 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, [Fm] aah, [C#] ooh, [D#] aah
[G#] ooh, [Fm] aah, [C#] ooh, [D#] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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