Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
From: norlin@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Subject: REQ: Pretenders' "Back on the chain gang"
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From: julius@alumni.caltech.edu (julius yang)
Well I finally sat down with the Singles CD and bashed this out. I can
play the riff at the beginning, but now that I don't have my guitar
in hand I forget it. Agh. I can't understand two places where Chrissy
is singing either--'crescending' and 'baggle' aren't words that I know
of, but that sounds like what she's saying. Corrections appreciated.
Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
opening strum:
Riff x2
I found a pict
ure of you o
h
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past we've been cast out of oh
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on
the train (ooh
, ah)
Ohh
Back on th
e chain gang
The circumstance beyond our control oh
The fool on TV and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train, yeah
Oh
Back on the chain gang
Riff x2
Bridge:
The powers tha
t be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
chord comping
I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall t
o ruin one day
For making us
part-----
I found a pict
ure of you, oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we're back
on the train
Ohh
Back on the
chain gang
--
From: Harlan L Thompson
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - The Pretenders
(rpt over riff)
I found a pict
ure of you o
h
What hijacked
my world that
night
To a place in
the past we've
been cast out
of oh
Now we're ba
ck in the figh
t
We're back on
the train hey
Aaaah, back on
the chain gan
g
Circumstance beyond our control oh
The phone, the TV, and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh
Threw sand our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train, yeah
Aaaaah, back on the chain gang
BRIDGE:
The powers tha
t be that forc
e us to live l
ike we do
Bring me to my
knees when I
see what they'
ve done to you
Well I'll die
as I stand her
e today, knowi
ng that deep i
n my heart
They'll fall t
o ruin one day
For making us
part-----
I found a pict
ure of you, oh
Those were the
happiest days
of my life
Like a break i
n the battle w
as your part,
oh
In the wretche
d life of a lo
nely heart
Now we're back
on the train,
hey
Aaaah, back on
the chain gan
g
(rpt and fade)
Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0 Gmaj7/B: 3 2 4 0 0 2
Amaj7/B: x 0 6 6 5 4 A/B: x 7 7 6 5 5
NOTE: If you find Gmaj/B too hard to finger, try Bm in its place. Not
as accurate, but a hell of a lot easier.
(from Learning to Crawl, 1983)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
Subject: CRD: "Back on the Chain Gang" (The Pretenders)
There are about three versions of this already in the archive, but none of
them is quite right. This one's a little better; someone sent it to me last
fall, and I recently cleaned it up because I wanted to play it.
Unfortunately, this might still have mistakes; I can't check because I don't
have the album. I'll have to see if I can get them to play it on the radio...
Adam
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (The Pretenders)
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[All the work on this song was done by nlin@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu
(Norman Lin); I just cleaned it up a little for my own use.]
[intro; slow s
trum] [hard s
trum]
[with lead gui
tar]
I found a pi
cture of you,
-
ohh oh-o
h ohh ohhh
Oh, what hij
acked my world
-
that night?
To a place i
n the past we'
ve been cast o
ut of, ohh o
-
h-oh ohh ohhh
Oh, now we'
re back in the
-
fight
We're back
on the train,
- - - -
yeah
Oh, oh, back
on the chain g
ang
Circumstance beyond our control, ohh oh-oh ohh ohhh
Oh, the phone, the TV, and the news of the world
Got in our house like a pigeon from hell (??), ohh oh-oh ohh ohhh
Oh, threw sand in our eyes, and descended like flies
Put us back
on the train,
- - - -
yeah
Ohhh, ohhhhh
-
- -
-
Back on the ch
ain gang
[guitar solo,
same as second
[
part of intro
]
The powers t
hat be that
force us to li
(
ve like we do
(..do) Brin
g me to my kne
es when I see
what they've d
one to you
Dm* AaddF* Dm* AaddF*
[no vocals]
And will I d
ie as I stand
here today, k
nowing that de
(
ep in my heart
(..heart) Th
ey'll fall to
ruin one day,
for making us
part
[no vocals]
-
I found a pi
cture of you,
-
ohh oh-o
h ohh ohhh
Oh, those we
re the happies
t days of my l
-
ife
Like a break
in the battle
was your part
-
, ohh oh-oh
ohh ohhh
Oh, in the wre
tched life of
-
a lonely heart
Now we're b
ack on the tra
- - - -
in, yeah
Oh, oh, back
on the chain
gang
Chain gang
[repeat and
fade]
Funny chords:
*: 022003
*: 244225
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AaddF*: x02220
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2220
Intro & Solo:
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