Chain Gang

Sam Cooke

	G	Em	G	Em
(O	oh!	aah! O	oh!	aah!)

	G	Em	G	Em
I hear somethin’ saying (O	oh!	aah! O	oh!	aah!)

	G
(Well, don’t you kn	ow)

	C	G	Em
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

G	C	D7	G
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

	G	Em	G	Em
All day long they’re singing (O	oh!	aah! O	oh!	aah!)

	G
(Well, don’t you kn	ow)

	C	G	Em
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

G	C	D7	G
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

G	Em
All day long they w	ork so hard

C	D
Till the sun is going d	own

G	Em
Working on the h	ighways and byways

	C	D7
And w	earing, wearing a fr	own

G	Em
You hear them moaning their l	ives away

C	D7
Then you hear s	omebody say

	G
(Well, don’t you kn	ow)

	C	G	Em
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

G	C	D7	G
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

Can’t you hear them saying

G	Em	C
Mm,	I’m going home one of	these days

D	G	Em
I’m going home see my	woman, Whom I	love so dear

	C	D7
But	meanwhile I got to	work right here

	G
(Well, don’t you kn	ow)

	C	G	Em
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

G	C	D7	G
That’s the sound of the m	en working on the ch	ain g	ang

All day long they’re singing

G	Em	C	D
my,	my, my, my,	my, my, my	work is so hard

	G	Em	C	D
Give me	water, I’m	thirsty	My	work is so hard

Sam Cooke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNTESmcaXU