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]:
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>e---------0-3------3331---110---00------------------------------------
>B-1------1------------------------3---331---01------------------------
>G-------0-------------------------------------------------------------
>D---------------------------------------------------------------------
>A---------------------------------------------------------------------
>E---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>

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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