Chain Gang

Sam Cooke

{t:Chain Gang}
{st:Sam Cooke}


[G]ooh! [Em]aah!    
[G]ooh! [Em]I hear somethin' saying
[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
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]   [G]


[G]All day long they [Em]work so hard
[C]'till the 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__ , [Em]my, my, my, [C]my, my, my, my,  my [D]work is so hard
Give me [G]water, I'm [Em]thirsty
[C]My__, my [D]work is so hard


[G]Oh. . ., [Em]my, my, my, [C]my, my, my, my,   my [D]work is so hard
Give me [G]water, I'm [Em]thirsty
[C]My__, my[D]work is so hard[G]↓



{t:Chain Gang}

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