Otis Redding – Chain Gang (Guitar)

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[Intro]
A            D           E
That's the sound of the men

N.C.                    A  D  A  D
They are working on the chain gang
A D A D [Verse 1]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men

          E              A D   A D
They are working on the chain gang

A            D           E
That's the sound of the men

                         A D   A D
They are working on the chain gang

D                               A
All day long you hear them, ooh
[Bridge]
D                     A
I'm going home, just one of these ole days

E                       A
Man, i'm going home to see my woman

        D
Whom I love so dear

        A
But that means why

      E
I gotta work right here now, huh

A                D           E
And that's the sound of the men

                             A D  A D
They're just working on the chain gang
[Verse 2]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men

          D              A  D            A  D
They're working on the highways and the biways

A            D           E
That's the sound of the men

                A   D      A  D
Working on the highway and biway

D                            A
All day long they're going, ooh
[Bridge]
D                       A
Man, i'm going home to see that woman

         E
Whom I love so dear

    A
I gotta see the woman

        D
Whom I love so well

         A
But that means why

         E
I gotta work right here now, huh

A                D          E
Now that's the sound of us mens

                          A  D  A  D   A D A D E
When we're working on the chain gang

E
Oh, it's allright now, hoo

E
Out there
[Verse 3]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men

               D             A D   A D
When they're working on the chain gang, ha

A            D           E
That's the sound of the men

                             A D   A D
When they're working on the chain gang

D                            A
All day long you hear them, ooh
[Bridge]
D                    A
Man, i'm going home one of these ole days

E
Man i'm going home

   A
I got to see the woman

        D
Whom i love so dear

        A
But that means why

            E
I've gotta sit right here now, ha

A                D            E
Now that's the sounds of the mens

                A D   A D
Working on the chain gang
[Outro]
A      D         A     D
Working, we're working

            A         D
Ah, we're working man

           A
Got to be working

      D    A              D         A
Oh, every day we work a little bit stronger

D       A            D        A
Every night, man, a few bit longer

D           A          
Got to be working, man

D                 A  D
The time is going up