Back On The Chain Gang chords by Aaron Watson

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

G  D  Am


🎸 Verse 1:
G          D             Am
 I found a picture of you
       D                 Am
And it hijacked my world that night
G                 D               Am7         G    D
To a place in the past we've been cast out of? Oh, oh
                      Am7
Now we're back in the fight

🎸 Chorus:
                       D        Am7  D
Yes, we're back on the train, yeah
Am7 D            G          D  Am7
Oh
back on the chain gang


🎸 Verse 2:
G       D                 Am                G
  Circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
               D                Am
The phone, the TV, and the news of the world
G           D                        Am             G
 Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
                  D                       Am7
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies


🎸 Chorus:
                   D        Am7  D
Put us back on the train, yeah
Am7 D            G
Oh
back on the chain gang


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
D  Am   G  D  Am7   G


🎸 Bridge:
Gm   D7           Gm     D7                       Gm
 The powers that be that force us to live like we do
D7              Gm           D7                         Gm
Brings me to my knees when I see what they've done to you
         D7                    Gm  D7                      Gm
But I'll die as I stand here today knowing that deep in my heart
        D7           Gm          D          A
They'll fall to ruin one day for making us part


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


🎸 Chorus:
          D           E        D  E
Now we're back on the train, yeah
          D            E      D   E
Yes, we're back on the chain gang
           D            E                  A
Girl, we're back on the train, back on the chain gang


🎸 Outro:
E  Bm               A          E  Bm
        Back on the chain gang
A  E  Bm    A  E  Bm    A  E  Bm
A  E  Bm