(The backing vocals at the ends of the lines are sung twice)
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Intro C#m A (twice)
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C#m A
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I got to break this armour, cutting off all the feeling (don't wear it)
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It's like a melodrama, everybody's scene stealing (just bear it)
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It's always the same old number, they never let you out of school (it's nothing)
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Well I gotta gun that's loaded, I want to hurt some fool (don't shoot it)
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CHORUS
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C#m B A B
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Well The woods are full of wardens,
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C#m B A B
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they are digging up remains
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C#m B A B
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It feels like the big stick that smacks of oppression
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B (G#m7) C#m
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And it sounds like chains
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Repeat intro
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I wanna bite the hand, bite off the hand that fed me (don't eat it)
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I want to turn the knife, turn the knife that bled me (you need it)
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You've got it all wrong, you never heard what I said (don't worry)
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Well I got a gun that's loaded, it's not pointing at my head
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(Don't rush it, don't hurry)
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CHORUS 2
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No-one can keep these ropes around me, or take the blood out of my veins
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I'll just pull the trigger back as the volume gets stronger
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And it sounds like chains
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E B C#m C#m
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Instrumental then "Sounds like chains" 4 times then "Oooh Chains" and
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more instrumental bits.
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CHORUUS 3
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Nothing hurts me any longer, there isn't room for any pain
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I'll just pull the trigger back as the volume gets stronger
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And it sounds like chains
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Oooh chains, sounds like chains, ooh chains, sounds like chains
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(repeat and fade)
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Sounds like chains
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Graham Parker |