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

INTRO:
[A#] ooh, [Gm] aah, [A#] ooh, [Gm] aah

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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