This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG" by The Pretenders thepretenders.com
Words and music by Chrissie Hynde 1982
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Dadd9 A4 G6/B
D2 A4 Em Gmaj9/B Gadd9
I found a picture of you, oh
It 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
Em A
We're back on the train, hey
Oh, Back On The Chain Gang D2 A
A 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 in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train, hey
Oh
Back on the chain gang
Dm A7
The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
Dm D2 Dm A+ A
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part
E2 B4 A2 B4
I found a picture 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
F#m B4
Now we're back on the train, hey
Oh, back on the chain gang E2 B4
Transcribed 2018-04-28 by T-rev, improveed 2019-01-05
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
x00770 Dadd9
x00650 A4 OR x02230
x20030 G6/B
xx0230 D2
022000 Em
x20202 Gmaj9/B
320203 Gadd9
x02220 A OR x0x220
xx0231 Dm
x02020 A
x0x221 A+
024400 E2 OR 022452 OR 079977
x24400 B4 OR x24452
x02200 A2 OR x07605
244222 F#m
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"BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG" by The Pretenders thepretenders.com
Words and music by Chrissie Hynde 1982
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Transposed from original key of D to A
Aadd9 E4 D6/F#
A2 E4 Bm Dmaj9/F# Dadd9/F#
I found a picture of you, oh
It 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
Bm E
We're back on the train, hey
Oh, Back On The Chain Gang A2 E
A 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 in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train, hey
Oh
Back on the chain gang
Am E7
The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
Am A2 Am E+ E
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part
B2 F#4 E F#
I found a picture 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
C#m F#
Now we're back on the train, hey
Oh, back on the chain gang B2 F#
Transcribed 2018-04-28 by T-rev, improveed 2019-01-05
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
x07600 Add9
006400 E4 OR 022200
200200 D6/F#
x02200 A2
x24432 Bm
200220 Dmaj9/F#
200230 xx02Dadd9
022100 E
x02210 Am
020100 E7
0x2110 E+
x24422 B2
244422 F#4
x46654 C#m
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