A            D           E
That's the sound of the men
N.C.                    A  D  A  D
They are working on the chain gang

A  D  A  D

[Verse 1]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men
          E              A D   A D
They are working on the chain gang
A            D           E
That's the sound of the men
                         A D   A D
They are working on the chain gang
D                               A
All day long you hear them, ooh


[Bridge]
D                     A
I'm going home, just one of these ole days
E                       A
Man, i'm going home to see my woman
        D
Whom I love so dear
        A
But that means why
      E
I gotta work right here now, huh
A                D           E
And that's the sound of the men
                             A D  A D
They're just working on the chain gang


[Verse 2]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men
          D              A  D            A  D
They're working on the highways and the biways
A            D           E
That's the sound of the men
                A   D      A  D
Working on the highway and biway
D                            A
All day long they're going, ooh


[Bridge]
D                       A
Man, i'm going home to see that woman
         E
Whom I love so dear
    A
I gotta see the woman
        D
Whom I love so well
         A
But that means why
         E
I gotta work right here now, huh
A                D          E
Now that's the sound of us mens
                          A  D  A  D   A D A D E
When we're working on the chain gang
E
Oh, it's allright now, hoo
E
Out there


[Verse 3]
A            D           A
That's the sound of the men
               D             A D   A D
When they're working on the chain gang, ha
A            D           E
That's the sound of the men
                             A D   A D
When they're working on the chain gang
D                            A
All day long you hear them, ooh


[Bridge]
D                    A
Man, i'm going home one of these ole days
E
Man i'm going home
   A
I got to see the woman
        D
Whom i love so dear
        A
But that means why
            E
I've gotta sit right here now, ha
A                D            E
Now that's the sounds of the mens
                A D   A D
Working on the chain gang


[Outro]
A      D         A     D
Working, we're working
            A         D
Ah, we're working man
           A
Got to be working
      D    A              D         A
Oh, every day we work a little bit stronger
D       A            D        A
Every night, man, a few bit longer
D           A          
Got to be working, man
D                 A  D
The time is going up