PRETENDERS - "back on the chaingang" Tablature
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>From: norlin@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
>Subject: REQ: Pretenders' "Back on the chain gang"
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>[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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From: julius@alumni.caltech.edu (julius yang)
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
--
Internet member since 1988
From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
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)
From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
Subject: CRD: "Back on the Chain Gang" (The Pretenders)
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)
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[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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Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN
If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls,
Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., mail me or check my home page:
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html
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