{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":65122,"song":"Chain Gang","artist":"Sam Cooke","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/65122-chain-gang-chords-by-sam-cooke/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/65122?type=chord","rating":4.90022,"votes":80,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  ooh!   aah!   ooh!   I hear somethin' saying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  ooh!   aah!   ooh!   aah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  ooh!   aah!   ooh!   aah!  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\n(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, all day long they're sayin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  ooh!   aah!   ooh!   aah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  ooh!   aah!   ooh!   aah! [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\n(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAll day long they work so hard, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'till the sun is going down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Working on the highway and byways, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nand wearing, wearing a frown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  You hear them moaning their lives away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\n  then you hear somebody say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\n  That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, can't you hear them  sayin' [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nMm, I'm going home one of these days, I'm going home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsee my woman, whom I love so dear, but, meanwhile I got to work right here [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\n(Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang, all day long they're sayin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 \r\nHmm, my, my, my, my, my.. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  my, my... my work is so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nGive me water, I'm thirsty[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nMyyy, my work is so hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]         \r\nwoah-oh  my, my, my... [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  my, my... my work is so hard woah[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Em","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}