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From:  asf@pon.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  September 9, 1997
Subject: Chain Gang  by The Pretenders
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          CHAIN GANG      The Pretenders   

D  A  G

D              A            G                      D                      A        G
I found a picture of you  woo oooh   I  project my world at night
      D                    A                                          G          
To  a  place in the past  We've been passed cast out of   wooo oooh
D          A                     G                          Em                          A         Em A Em A
Now we're back in the fight   whoo  Ahh   We're back on the train Hey
                                      A                 D              A D A D
Who ah whoo   oooh   Back on the chain gang
D                       A               G                           D
Circumstances beyond our control  wooo ohh  with the fool on the T. V. 
               A                G         D                                A               G    
And the news of the world   Got in the house like a pigeon from hell  wooo oooh
D                            A                                  G        
Threw sand in our eyes  and descended like flies   who ah who ah  
Em                           A                   Em A Em A
Who put us back on the train Hey  who ah woo  Oh  who ah who ah  
A                   D            A D A  D
Back on the chain gang

lead D A G G 

           A7          Dm   A7                               Dm 
The powers that be    forces us to live like we do 
    A                    Dm               A7                                 Dm   Dm/Dm-f      A7+d/A
 Bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you
Dm        A7                         Dm    A7                                Dm
Well I'll die as I stand here today knowing that deep in my heart
A7                                  Dm    A7                    A   E B A B
Their fortune to ruin one day     for making  us part
E                             B        A          E                                   B             A   
I found a picture of  you  ooooh    those were the happiest days of my life
E                             B                     A      
Like a break in the battle was your part  woo oooh  
            E           B                   A   
in the wretched life a  lonely heart

                             A                         B                          B                            E   B E B
woo oooh  Now we're back on the train  who ah whoo  back on the chain gang
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 


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