Back On The Chain Gang chords by The Pretenders

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G    D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G
D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G    D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G

D MajorD      A augmentedA       G+G   B minorBm    G+G
 I found a picture of you,    ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
D MajorD     A augmentedA           G+G    B minorBm   G+G
 Oh, what hijacked my world that night
D MajorD          A augmentedA          G+G    B minorBm   G+G
To a place in the past we've been cast out of, ohh oh oh
D MajorD  A augmentedA            G+G    B minorBm   G+G
Oh,  now we're back in the fight

E minorEm          A augmentedA      E minorEm   A augmentedA
  We're back on the train, yeah
E minorEm  A augmentedA         D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Oh, oh, back on the chain gang

D MajorD      A augmentedA       G+G   B minorBm    G+G
Circumstance beyond our control, ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
D MajorD     A augmentedA           G+G    B minorBm   G+G
Oh, the phone, the TV, and the news of the world
D MajorD          A augmentedA         G+G     B minorBm   G+G
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, ohh oh oh ohh ohh
D MajorD  A augmentedA            G+G    B minorBm   G+G
Threw sand in our eyes, and descended like flies

E minorEm          A augmentedA      E minorEm   A augmentedA
  Put us back on the train, yeah
E minorEm  A augmentedA   E minorEm   A augmentedA
Ohhh, ohhhhhhhh
      D MajorD      A augmentedA   G+G   G+G
Back on the chain gang

D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G    D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G  D MajorD D MajorD

DmDm  A augmentedA       DmDm   A augmentedA             DmDm
 The powers that be  that force us to live like we do
DmDm  A augmentedA                 DmDm         A augmentedA
 Bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you
DmDm      A augmentedA                DmDm         A augmentedA
And I'll die as I stand here today,knowing that deep in my heart
DmDm  A augmentedA           DmDm     A augmentedA        A augmentedA
   They'll fall to ruin one day, for making us part

E MajorE  BB  A augmentedA  C# minorC#m  A augmentedA

E MajorE      BB       A augmentedA   C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
 I found a picture of you,    ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
E MajorE       BB             A augmentedA    C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
 Oh, those were the happiest days of my life
E MajorE     BB             A augmentedA    C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
 Like a break in the battle was your part, ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
E MajorE    BB              A augmentedA    C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
Oh, in the wretched life of a lonely heart

F# minorF#m          BB      F# minorF#m  BB
  Now we're back on the train, yeah
F# minorF#m  BB         E MajorE    BB
Oh,  oh, back on the chain gang

E MajorE    BB (x8)

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Note that the modulation at the bridge continues for the remainder of the song.

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