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Back On The Chain Gang
The Pretenders
Key : D
Capo
[Intro]
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Dadd9 Dmaj7sus2 Em7 Em7
Dsus2 | A   | Em7 | Em9 | Em7 
Dsus2 | A   | Em7 | Em9 | Em7 
Dsus2 | A   | Em7 
Em9   | Em7 

[Verse 1]
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Dsus2          A              Em7 Em9      Em7
       I found a picture of you,    oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dsus2       A                         Em7
       What hijacked my world that night
Em9 Em7 Dsus2                      A
               To a place in the past
               Em7        Em9      Em7
We've been cast   out of? oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dsus2 A                           Em7 Em9 Em7
         Now we're back in the fight

[Chorus (1)]
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Em                       A
  We're back on the train yeah
Em A Em A                 Dsus2
     Oh, back on the chain       gang

[Bridge (1)]
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A | Dsus2 | A 

[Verse 2]
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Dsus2              A                   Em7 Em9      Em7
       A circumstance beyond our control,    oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dsus2                A                      Em7
       The phone, the TV, and the news of the world
Em9 Em7 Dsus2                A                        Em7 Em9      Em7
               Got in the house like a pigeon from hell,    oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dsus2                      A                   Em7  Em9 Em7
       Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies

[Chorus (2)]
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Em                        A    Em A Em
  Put us back on the train yeah
   A Em A                 Dsus2
Oh,      back on the chain       gang

[Bridge (2)]
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A | Em7 | Em9 | Em7 

[Solo]
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Dsus2 | A | Em7 | Em9 | Em7 
Dsus2 | A | Em7 | Em9 | Em7 
D

[Interlude]
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Dm    A7
  The powers that be
Dm     A7                         Dm
  That force us to live like we do
A7                  Dm
Bring me to my knees
       A7
When I see what they've done to you
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm         A7                       Dm
              But I'll die as I stand here today
A7                           Dm
Knowing that deep in my heart
A7                          Dm
They'll fall to ruin one day
    A7
For making us part

[Bridge (3)]
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E | B | A | B 

[Verse 3]
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E          B              A B
 I found a picture of you,  oh oh oh oh oh oh
E                  B                    A
 Those were the happiest days of my life
B E                       B                 A B
   Like a break in the battle was your part,  oh oh oh oh oh oh
E                    B            A    B
 In the wretched life of a lonely heart

[Chorus (3)]
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A                           B
 Now we're back on the train yeah

[Outro]
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A B A  B                 E    B E B E B E B E B E B
    Oh, back on the chain gang

[Fade Out]
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E | B | E | B 
E | B 
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