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