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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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