Chains
Goffin / King –Beatles: Please Please Me (1963)
Intro: A
A
Chains, my
baby’s got me locked up in chains,
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D7 A
And they
ain’t the kind that you can see,
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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,
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Can’t run
around ‘cause I’m not free,
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A7 (Riff)
Wo-oh,
these chains of love won’t let me be, yeah
D
I wanna tell you
pretty baby,
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(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:
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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,
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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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