BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - The Pretenders

D A Em7 D A Em7 (rpt over riff)

D	       A	         Em7	    Gmaj7  D
   I found a picture of youooo    oh        	 
 	A	                Em7	    Gmaj7  D
What hijacked my world that night  	        	 
     A	                           Em7	      Gmaj7    D
To a place in the past we've been cast out    oh     	 
 	A	                Em7	     Gmaj7    
      Now we're back in the fight 	        	 

Em	            A	         Em7	A
We're back on the train hey  	 
Em	A	           D	     A  D  A  D  A  D  A    D
OOO   ooo, back on the chain gang	 
  	   	 
       A	            Em7	         Gmaj7	D
Circumstance beyond our control oh
       A	                         Em7         Gmaj7    D
On the phone, TV, and the news of the world
 	     A	                  Em7	     Gmaj7   D
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh
	            A	                  Em7	     Gmaj7    
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies

Em	            A	         Em7	A
We're back on the train hey  	 
Em	A	           D	     
OOO   ooo, back on the chain gang





D	A	Em7	D	A	Em7	D

Dm	    A7	       Dm      A7	                      Dm
 	The powers that be ee that force us to live like we do
A7	         Dm	          A7	                 Dm  A7	 Dm  A7
Bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you 	   	   	 
Dm	    A7	            Dm	 A7	                   Dm
Well I'll die as I stand here today, knowing that deep in my heart
A7	                   Dm
They'll fall to ruin one day
 	A7	  E	      B	A     E
For making us part--	---	   	 

 	     B	       F#m7	        Amaj7/B	E
 I found a picture of you uu    oo	  oo       	oo 
 		    B	                      F#m7   Amaj7   E
 Those were the happiest days of my lii ife	        	 
 	               B	                  F#m7	Amaj7	 E
 Like a break in the battle was your par	rt,	 oh     	 
                 B	                 F#m7   Amaj7  
 In the wretched life of a lonely hear   rt 	        	 
 	
A	                B	              A	B
Now we're back on the train, hey 	 
A	B	           E          B  E  B  E (rpt and fade)
Aaaa	h, back on the chain gang