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

INTRO:
[B] ooh, [G#m] aah, [B] ooh, [G#m] aah

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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