Sam Cooke – Chain Gang (Ukulele)

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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
F    Am
ooh! aah! 4x
I hear something saying
F    Am
ooh! aah! 4x
I hear something saying
F    Am
ooh! aah! 8x
(Well, don't you know?)
F                       F                  F     Am  F     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

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

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

F                 Am 
All day long they work so hard, 

F                      G
'till the sun is going down

F              Am
Working on the highway and byways, 

    F                  G   
and wearing, wearing a frown

F                           Am
You hear them moaning their lives away,

F                 G 
then you hear somebody say

F                       F                  F     Am  F     
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

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

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

G                     F 
I'm going home see my woman,

       Am
whom I love so dear

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

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

        F          Am     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

F      G    
My, my work is so hard

F    Am          F              G    
hmm, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard

        F          Am     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

F      G    
My, my work is so hard

F    Am          F              G    
hmm, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard

        F          Am     
Give me water, I'm thirsty

F      G    
My, my work is so hard
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