Chains

Goffin / King –Beatles: Please Please Me (1963)

 


Intro: A

  A

Chains, my baby’s got me locked up in chains,

 A7                           D7                           A

And they ain’t the kind that you can see,

                        E7                  D7                      A              E7

Wo-oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah

 A

Chains, well, I can’t break away from these chains,

 A7             D7                                  A

Can’t run around ‘cause I’m not free,

                         E7                 D7                     A            A7 (Riff)

Wo-oh, these chains of love won’t let me be, yeah

 

D

I wanna tell you pretty baby,

A                               A7  (Riff)

I think you’re fine

D

I’d like to love you

       E7

But darling I’m imprisoned by these

 

Chains, my baby’s got me locked up in chains

And they ain’t the kind that you can see

Oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah

 

Please believe me when I tell you

Your lips are sweet,

I’d like to kiss them

But I can’t break away from all these

 

Chains, my baby’s got me locked up in chains,

And they ain’t the kind that you can see,

Oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah

  A                                A7                D7                      A

Chains, chains of love, chains of love, chains of love

                   E7                D7 (break)

Oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah

 

Intro:

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HarmC:   5    5     5    4    4#   5     5

 

 

Riff:

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Voices:

     Chains, my baby’s got me locked up in chains, and they ain’t the kind that you can se____e,

e|--5-----5-5--5---5--5--5--5----5--5-----5--5---5--5--5-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-5-

B|--5-----5-5--5---5--5--5--5----5--5-----5--5---5--5--7-5--7--7---7-5-3-2-5-

G|--6-------6--6---6--6--4--2-------2-----2--2---4--6--4-2--2--6---6-4-2---2-

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       Wo-oh, these chains of lo___ve got a hold on me, yeah - Chains, chains of love,

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B|--5--5---5----3----3-3-5-3--7-7--7--7-7-5-7-5-----------------------------

G|--2--6---6----4----6-4-6-4--2-2--5--5-4-2-4-2-----------------------------

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