Chorus
[G] [Em] [G] [Em]
ooh! aah! ooh! I hear somethin' saying
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
ooh! aah! ooh! aah!
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
ooh! aah! ooh! aah!
Refrain
[G] [C] [G] [Em]
(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[G] [C] [D] [G]
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, all day long they're sayin'
Chorus
[G] [Em] [G] [Em]
ooh! aah! ooh! aah!
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
ooh! aah! ooh! aah!
Refrain
[G] [C] [G] [Em]
(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[G] [C] [D] [G]
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
Verse 1
[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
Refrain
[G] [C] [G] [Em]
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[G] [C] [D] [G]
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, can't you hear them sayin'
Verse 2
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
Mm, I'm going home one of these days, I'm going home
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
see my woman, whom I love so dear, but, meanwhile I got to work right here
Refrain
[G] [C] [G] [Em]
(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[G] [C] [D] [G]
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, all day long they're sayin'
Outro
[G] [Em]
Hmm, my, my, my, my, my..
[C] [D]
my, my... my work is so hard
[G] [Em]
Give me water, I'm thirsty
[C] [D]
Myyy, my work is so hard
[G] [Em]
woah-oh my, my, my...
[C] [D]
my, my... my work is so hard woah
