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Chain Gang Chords

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
 
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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