Back On The Chaingang chords by The Pretenders

From: norlin@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
>Subject: REQ: Pretenders' "Back on the chain gang"
>
>[Riff]:
>
>e---------0-3------3331---110---00------------------------------------
>B-1------1------------------------3---331---01------------------------
>G-------0-------------------------------------------------------------
>D---------------------------------------------------------------------
>A---------------------------------------------------------------------
>E---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

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: D A G G D A G G

riff x2

D     A      G   G
I ..
What ..
To a ..
Now ..

Em        A
We're ..
Ohh
A        D      A  G  G
  Back ..

verse

Put ..
Oh
Back ..

D A G G

riff x2

bridge:
Dm A Dm A and so on
The ..
That ..
Bring ..
When ..

chord comping

I'll ..
Knowing ..
A           Dm
Therefore ..
A       E
For ..

E     B     A  A
I ..
Those ..
Like ..
In ..

F#m          B
Now ..
Ohh
B       E
 Back ..

E B E B until end
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BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG- The Pretenders

D A Em7 D A Em7 (rpt over riff)

D     A      Em7 Gmaj7/B G
I ..
D         A      Em7 Gmaj7/B G
What ..
D         A       Em7     Gmaj7/B G
To a ..
D A           Em7 Gmaj7/B G
 Now ..

Em        A   Em7 A
We're ..
Em A         D   A D A
Aaaah..

Circumstance..
The ..
Got ..
Threw ..

Put ..
Aaaaah..

D A Em7 D A Em7 D

BRIDGE:
Dm  A7     Dm    A7           Dm
The ..
 A7       Dm      A7            Dm A7 Dm A7
Bring ..
Dm     A7          Dm  A7           Dm
Well ..
 A7           Dm
They'll ..
   A7       E B A
For ..

E      B     A  Amaj7/B A/B
I ..
E        B         A Amaj7/B A/B
Those ..
E           B        A Amaj7/B A/B
Like ..
E         B        A  Amaj7/B A/B
In ..
A          B     A B
Now ..
A  A/B       E
Aaaah..

B E B E (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)



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)
---------------------------------------
[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.]

D  A  G  G    D  A  G  G
[intro; slow strum] [hard strum]
D  A  G  G    D  A  G  G
[with lead guitar]

D      A       G   Bm  -  G
 I ..
D     A           G    Bm - G
 Oh, ..
D          A          G     Bm  -  G
 To a ..
D  A            G    Bm - G
Oh,  ..

Em          A      Em - Em*  Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
  We're ..
Em  A         D    A   G  G
Oh, ..

Circumstance ..
Oh, ..
Got ..
Oh, ..

Em          A      Em - Em*  Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
  Put ..
Em  A   Em - Em*  Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
Ohhh, ohhhhh
      D      A  G
Back ..

D  A  G  G    D  A  G  G [3 beats]
[guitar solo, same as second part of intro]


Dm  A       Dm   A            (Dm)
 The ..
Dm   A           Dm   A
(..do)  Bring ..
Dm* AaddF*  Dm* AaddF*
[no vocals]


Dm      A           Dm  A            (Dm)
 And ..
Dm     A           Dm     A
(..heart)  They'll ..

E  B  A  C#m - A
[no vocals]

E      B       A   C#m  -  A
 I ..
E          B          A    C#m - A
 Oh, ..
E           B        A    C#m  -  A
 Like ..
E          B        A    C#m - A
Oh, ..

F#m           B      F#m - F#m*  Bsus4 - B - Bsus2 - B
  Now ..
F#m  A         E    B   A  A
Oh,  ..
E      B
Chain ..[repeat and fade]


Funny chords:
Em*: 022003
F#m*: 244225
Dm*: x00231 - x00230 - x00231
AaddF*: x02220 - x02221 - x02220


Intro & Solo:
        D         A
e -------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B ----------7--10-7-/|10~------------/10--10--|10~------------/10--10--|
G -------7-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
D (7)-7--------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A -------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E -------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

e |------------------------|------------------------|-------
B |10-p8---8---8--s7---7---|7-----------------------|-------
G |------------------------|----9---9--7b9--7---6--/|7------
D |------------------------|------------------------|-------
A |------------------------|------------------------|-------
E |------------------------|------------------------|-------
  ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
(/=slide, p=pull off, b=bend, ~=vibrato)


For the ending two chords, arpeggiate as follows:
  E              B
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------0----------------------4-----------------------------
G--------------1-----1----------------4-----4--------------------------
D---------2--------------2---------4-----------4-----------------------
A--------2----------------------2--------------------------------------
E--0-------------------------------------------------------------------


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