Sam Cooke, Chain Gang (1960)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Sam Cooke, Charles Cooke)}

INTRO:
[E] ooh, [C#m] aah, [E] ooh, [C#m] aah

BREAK 1:
(I hear somethin' saying)
[E] ooh, [C#m] aah, [A] ooh, [B] aah
[E] ooh, [C#m] aah, [A] ooh, [B] aah

CHORUS:
[E] That's the sound of the [A] men
Working on the [E] chain [C#m] gang
[E] That's the sound of the [A] men
Working on the [B] chain [E] gang

BREAK 2:
(All day long they're singing)
[E] ooh, [C#m] aah, [A] ooh, [B] aah
[E] ooh, [C#m] aah, [A] ooh, [B] aah

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 1:
[E] All day long they [C#m] work so hard
[A] 'til the sun is going [B] down
[E] Working on the [C#m] highway and byways
and [A] wearing, wearing a [B] frown
[E] You hear them moaning their [C#m] lives away
[A] Then you hear [B] somebody say