Biography:
Samuel Cooke (born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul and pop singer-songwriter recognized as one of the true founders of soul music. Often referred to as The King of Soul, Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964 including major hits You Send Me, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chain Gang and Wonderful World. Cooke was also
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Other songs:
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Another Saturday Night
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Twistin' The Night Away
- Wonderful World
- You Send Me
- Aint That Good News
- Blowin In The Wind
- Chain Gang
- Cupid
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Farewell My Darling
- Good Times
- Having A Party
- Ill Come Running Back To You
- Its All Right
- Just For You
- Keep Movin On
- Little Red Rooster
- Mean Old World
- Meet Me At Marys Place
- Nothing Can Change This Love
- Only Sixteen
- Out In The Cold Again
- Rome Wasnt Built In A Day
- Sad Mood
- Send Me Your Lovin
- Shake
- She Was Only Sixteen
- Sugar Dumpling
- Summertime
- Teenage Sonata
- Tennessee Waltz
- Thats It I Quit Im Movin On
- Thats Where Its At
- The Bells Of St Marys
- The Gypsy
- Try A Little Love
- Twistin The Night Away
- Twisting The Night Away
- What A Wonderful World
- Win Your Love For Me
- Working In A Coal Mine
- You Belong To Me
- You Were Made For Me
- Your Always On My Mind
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CHAIN GANG by SAM COOKE
Written by Sam Cooke and Charles Cooke
[Intro]
G Em
(ooh! aah!) (x2)
I hear somethin' saying
G Em C D
(ooh! aah! ooh! aah!) (x2)
[Verse 1]
G
(Well, don't you know)
C G Em G
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
C D G
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
All day long they're singing
G Em C D
(ooh! aah! ooh! aah!) (x2)
[Chorus]
(same chords progression)
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
(verse chords)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
Can't you hear them saying
[Verse 3]
G Em C
Mm, I'm going home one of these days
D G
I'm going home see my woman
Em
Whom I love so dear
C D
But meanwhile I got to work right here
[Chorus]
(verse chords)
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[Outro]
All day long they're singing
G Em C D
my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard
G Em
Give me water, I'm thirsty
C D
My work is so hard
Written by Sam Cooke and Charles Cooke
[Intro]
G Em
(ooh! aah!) (x2)
I hear somethin' saying
G Em C D
(ooh! aah! ooh! aah!) (x2)
[Verse 1]
G
(Well, don't you know)
C G Em G
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
C D G
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
All day long they're singing
G Em C D
(ooh! aah! ooh! aah!) (x2)
[Chorus]
(same chords progression)
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
(verse chords)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
Can't you hear them saying
[Verse 3]
G Em C
Mm, I'm going home one of these days
D G
I'm going home see my woman
Em
Whom I love so dear
C D
But meanwhile I got to work right here
[Chorus]
(verse chords)
(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang
[Outro]
All day long they're singing
G Em C D
my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard
G Em
Give me water, I'm thirsty
C D
My work is so hard
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