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Chain Gang chords
Sam Cooke
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
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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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