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

INTRO:
[D] ooh, [Bm] aah, [D] ooh, [Bm] aah

BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[D] ooh, [Bm] aah, [G] ooh, [A] aah
[D] ooh, [Bm] aah, [G] ooh, [A] aah

CHORUS:
[D] That's the sound of the [G] men
Working on the [D] chain [Bm] gang
[D] That's the sound of the [G] men
Working on the [A] chain [D] gang

BREAK 2:
(All day long they're singing)
[D] ooh, [Bm] aah, [G] ooh, [A] aah
[D] ooh, [Bm] aah, [G] ooh, [A] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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