Sam Cooke, Chain Gang (1960)
^{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