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CAPO 4
[G] (ooh! [Em] aah!) (x2)
I hear somethin’ saying
[G] (ooh! [Em] aah! [C] ooh! [D] aah!) (x2)

CHORUS (Well, don’t you [G] know)
That’s the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain
[Em] gang [G] 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! [C] ooh! [D] aah!) (x2)

CHORUS

[G] All day long they [Em] work so hard
[C] ’till the sun is [D] going down
[G] Working on the [Em] highway and byways
and [C] wearing, wearing [D] a frown
[G] You hear them moaning [Em] their lives away
[C] Then you hear [D] somebody say

[G] That’s the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain [Em] gang [G] That’s the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain
[G] gang

Can’t you hear them saying
[G] Mm, [Em] I’m going home one of [C] these days
[D] I’m going home see my [G] woman
Whom I [Em] love so dear
But [C] meanwhile I got to [D] work right here

(Well, don’t you [G] know)
That’s the sound of the [C] men working on the [G] chain
[Em] gang [G] That’s the sound of the [C] men working on the [D] chain
[G] gang

All day long they’re singing
[G] my, [EM] my, [C] my, my, my, my, my [D] work is so hard
Give me [G] water, I’m [Em] thirsty
[C] My [D] work is so hard