Sam Cooke – Chain Gang (Guitar)

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G    Em
ooh! aah! 4x
I hear something saying
G    Em
ooh! aah! 4x
I hear something saying
G    Em
ooh! aah! 8x
(Well, don't you know?)
G                       C                  G     Em  G     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

                        C                  D     G 
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
All day long they're singing
G    Em
ooh! aah! 4x
(Well, don't you know?)
G                       C                  G     Em  G     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

                        C                  D     G 
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

G                 Em 
All day long they work so hard, 

C                      D
'till the sun is going down

G              Em
Working on the highway and byways, 

    C                  D   
and wearing, wearing a frown

G                           Em
You hear them moaning their lives away,

C                 D 
then you hear somebody say

G                       C                  G     Em  G     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

                        C                  D     G 
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
Can't you hear them saying?
G    Em
ooh! aah! 4x
(Well, don't you know?)
G                       C                  G     Em  G     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

                        C                  D     G 
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
Can't you hear them saying?
G             Em                C             
Mm, I'm going home one of these days,

D                     G 
I'm going home see my woman,

       Em
whom I love so dear

     C                  G          D
But, meanwhile I got to work right here
(Well, don't you know?)
G                       C                  G     Em  G     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

                        C                  D     G 
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
All day long they're singing
G    Em          C              D    
hmm, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard

        G          Em     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

C      D    
My, my work is so hard

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

        G          Em     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

C      D    
My, my work is so hard

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

        G          Em     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

C      D    
My, my work is so hard
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