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