Back on the Chain Gang
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- Full sheet, both hands
- Right hand melody sheet
- Leadsheet
- Practice Pack
- MP3, and MP3 with click
- MIDI file
- Lyrics and chords
Lyrics
I found a (A)picture of you.
trol.
(Gmaj7)Oh.
(D)What hijacked my world news that night
(D)to a place in the past like a we've been cast out of?
(Gmaj7)Oh.
(D)Threw sand in our (A)eyes Now we're back in the fight.
(Em)Put We're back on the train.
(Em)Oh, (A)back on the chain gang.
(D)A (A)circumstance beyond our trol.
(Gmaj7)Oh.
(D)The phone, TV and news of the
(D)to a Got in the house like a pigeon from out hell.
(Gmaj7)Oh.
(D)Threw sand in our (A)eyes and descended like flies.
(Em)Put us back on the train.
(Em)Oh, (A)back on the chain gang.
(Em)Oh,
(A)back on the chain gang.
(Dm)The (A7)powers that be
(Dm)that (A7)force us to live like we do
bring me to my knees
when I see what they've done to (Dm)you.
(Dm)But I'll (A7)die as I stand here today,
knowing that deep in my heart
they'll fall to ruin one (Dm)day
for (A7)making us part.
(E)I found a (B)picture of you.
(Amaj7)Oh.
(E)Those were the happiest days of my life.
(E)Like a break in the battle was your part,
(Amaj7)oh,
(E)in the wretched life of a lonely heart.
(A)Now we're back on the train.
(A)Oh, back on the chain gang.
Song info
Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders is a level 5 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 135 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 135 BPM
- Chords
- A A7 Amaj7 B D Dm E Em
- Artist
- The Pretenders
- Genre
- Rock
- Style
- Pop rock
- Mood
- Dramatic