Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders

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The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
Studio: https://youtu.be/MS4_MsiPIWs
Live:   https://youtu.be/okvl-9svtS0


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[Intro]
      
          
           
           


[Verse 1]
          
 I found a pic

         
ture of you...

         
  oh oh oh, oh

 oh oh
        
 What hijacked

              
 my world that

      
 night
             
 To a place in

         
 the past we'v

            
e been cast ou

          
t of, oh oh oh

  
, oh oh oh
        
       Now we'

              
re back in the

      
 fight


[Chorus]
            
 We're back on

             
 the train, ye

    
ah
           
Oh... oh... ba

             
ck on the chai

            
n gang


[Verse 2]
        
 Circumstance 

              
beyond our con

        
trol, oh oh oh

  
, oh oh oh
             
 The phone, th

         
e TV, and the 

            
news of the wo

     
rld
           
 Got in the ho

           
use like a pig

           
eon from hell,

        
 oh oh oh, oh 

oh oh
             
 Threw sand in

         
 our eyes, and

              
 descended lik

       
e flies


[Chorus]
            
 Put us back o

             
n the train, y

     
eah
           
Oh... oh...

   
             
Back on the ch

              
ain gang


[Instrumental]
          
             
   


[Bridge]
          
 The powers th

          
at be, that fo

              
rce us to live

           
 like we do
            
Bring me to my

            
 knees... when

   
 I see what th

ey've done to 

you

      
      

          
 And I'll die 

              
as I stand her

          
e today... kno

              
wing that deep

            
 in my heart
            
 They'll fall 

            
to ruin one da

            
y, for making 

       
us part...


[Instrumental]
              


[Verse 3]
            
 I found a pic

             
ture of you...

        
  oh oh oh, oh

 oh oh
             
 Those were th

             
e happiest day

              
s of my life
             
 Like a break 

             
in the battle 

             
was your part,

       
 oh oh oh, oh 

oh oh
             
 Oh, in the wr

             
etched life of

             
 a lonely hear

    
t


[Chorus]
             
 Now we're bac

             
k on the train

           
, yeah
            
Oh... oh... ba

             
ck on the chai

      
n gang


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