Chain Gang Tabulatur von Sam Cooke

Intro:
G    Em
Ooh!  Aah! (×2)
I hear somethin' saying.
G    Em   C    D
Ooh! Aah! Ooh! Aah! (×2)


Verse 1:
                G
Well, don't you know
                        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
Ooh! Aah! Ooh! Aah! (×2)


Chorus:
                G
Well, don't you know
                        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


Verse 2:
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            G
 Then you hear somebody say


Chorus:
                        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


Verse 3:
Can't you hear them sayin' 
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                  D
But meanwhile I got to work right here


Chorus:
                G
Well, don't you know
                        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


Outro: 
All day long they're singing
G    Em          C          D
 My, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard
        G          Em
Give me water, I'm thirsty
C   D
 My work is so hard