Chain Gang Sam Cooke [Em] I hear somethin' saying [G] ooh! [Em] aah! [C] ooh! [D] aah! [G] ooh! [Em] aah! [C] ooh! [D] aah! That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain [Em] gang [G] That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain [G] gang All day long they're singing [G] ooh! [Em] aah! [C] ooh! [D] aah! [G] ooh! [Em] aah! [C] ooh! [D] aah! (Well, don't you [G] know) That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain [Em] gang [G] That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain [G] gang [G] All day long they [Em] work so hard 'Till the [C] sun is going [D] down [G] Working on the [Em] highway and byways And [C] wearing, wearing a [D] frown [G] You hear them moaning their [Em] lives away [C] Then you hear [D] somebody say [G] That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain [Em] gang [G] That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain [G] gang Can't you hear them saying [G] Mmn [Em] I'm going home one of [C] these days [D] I'm going home see my [G] woman Whom I [Em] love so dear But [C] meanwhile I got to [D] work right here (Well, don't you [G] know) That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain [Em] gang [G] That's the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain [G] gang All day long they're singing [G] Hmn my [Em] my, my, my, my, [C] my, my ... my [D] work is so hard Give me [G] water, I'm [Em] thirsty My-[C]y-y my [D] work is so hard Wo-[G]o-oh my [Em] my, my, my, my, [C] my, my ... my [D] work is so hard Give me [G] water, I'm [Em] thirsty My-[C]y-y my [D] work is so hard [G]