[G]ooh! [Em]aah! 4x
I hear something saying
[G]ooh! [Em]aah! 4x
I hear something saying
[G]ooh! [Em]aah! 8x
-Well, don't you know?-
[G]That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [G]chain [Em]gang[G]gang
That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [D]chain [G]gang
All day long they're singing
[G]ooh! [Em]aah! 4x
-Well, don't you know?-
[G]That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [G]chain [Em]gang[G]gang
That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [D]chain [G]gang
[G]All day long they [Em]work so hard,
[C]'till the sun is going [D]down
[G]Working on the [Em]highway and byways,
and [C]wearing, wearing a [D]frown
[G]You hear them moaning their [Em]lives away,
[C]then you hear some[D]somebody say
[G]That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [G]chain [Em]gang[G]gang
That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [D]chain [G]gang
Can't you hear them saying?
[G]ooh! [Em]aah! 4x
-Well, don't you know?-
[G]That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [G]chain [Em]gang[G]gang
That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [D]chain [G]gang
Can't you hear them saying?
[G]Mm, I'm going [Em]home one of these [C]days,
[D]I'm going home see my [G]woman,
whom I [Em]love so dear
But, [C]meanwhile I got to [G]work right [D]here
-Well, don't you know?-
[G]That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [G]chain [Em]gang[G]gang
That's the sound of the [C]men working on the [D]chain [G]gang
All day long they're singing
[G]hmm, [Em]my, my, my, [C]my, my, my, my [D]work is so hard
Give me [G]water, I'm [Em]thirsty
[C]My, my [D]work is so hard
[G]hmm, [Em]my, my, my, [C]my, my, my, my [D]work is so hard
Give me [G]water, I'm [Em]thirsty
[C]My, my [D]work is so hard
[G]hmm, [Em]my, my, my, [C]my, my, my, my [D]work is so hard
Give me [G]water, I'm [Em]thirsty
[C]My, my [D]work is so hard
