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

INTRO:
[C] ooh, [Am] aah, [C] ooh, [Am] aah

BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[C] ooh, [Am] aah, [F] ooh, [G] aah
[C] ooh, [Am] aah, [F] ooh, [G] aah

CHORUS:
[C] That's the sound of the [F] men
Working on the [C] chain [Am] gang
[C] That's the sound of the [F] men
Working on the [G] chain [C] gang

BREAK 2:
(All day long they're singing)
[C] ooh, [Am] aah, [F] ooh, [G] aah
[C] ooh, [Am] aah, [F] ooh, [G] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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