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

INTRO:
[D#] ooh, [Cm] aah, [D#] ooh, [Cm] aah

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

CHORUS:
[D#] That's the sound of the [G#] men
Working on the [D#] chain [Cm] 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, [Cm] aah, [G#] ooh, [A#] aah
[D#] ooh, [Cm] aah, [G#] ooh, [A#] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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