Chain Gang
Sam Cooke


Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
I hear somethin' sayin'
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Gang
All day long they're singin'
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
Hooh!
Aah!
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Gang
All day long
They work so hard
Till the sun
Is goin' down
Working on the highways
And byways
And wearing
Wearing a frown
You hear them moanin'
Their lives away
Then you hear
Somebody sa-ay
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Gang
Can't ya hear them singin'
Mm
I'm goin' home
One of these days
I'm goin' home
See my woman
Whom I love so dear
But meanwhile
I got to work right he-ere
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men
Working on the chain
Gang
All day long they're singin'
Mm
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
My work is so hard
Give me water
I'm thirsty my
My work is so hard
Oh oh oh
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
My work is so hard

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