Kenny Rogers – These Chains (Guitar)

Capo 2 Video Lesson
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Chords

[Intro] G C D G [Chorus]
                   C            D            G
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man

           C        D          G
Doin' what I can to get out of here

                       C            D         G
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom

            C                 D     G    F   C   G
Changin' my name and startin’ over again
[Verse 1]
        F          C            G
I was a fool for a good looking woman

                     F                  C          G
Till I found out the hard way there was some other man

                      F            C            G
Now what else could I do how could anyone blame me

               F              D          D7
To stand there smilin’ with a gun in his hands
[Chorus]
      G            C            D            G
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man

           C        D          G
Doin' what I can to get out of here

                       C            D         G
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom

            C                 D     G    C  G  F  G
Changin' my name and startin’ over again
[Verse 2]
                    Em           Am7       D
She had a known reputation but I paid no attention

     G         Em                Am7      D
Good love and affection can make anything right

    G            Em           Am7    Bm
But judge had no mercy for my infatuation

     C          D                         D7
Said killin's a sin boy you gotta pay the price
[Chorus]
      G            C            D            G
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man

           C        D          G
Doin' what I can to get out of here

                       C            D         G
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom

            C                 D     G    C   D   E
Changin' my name and startin’ over again
[Verse 3]
         A              F#m            Bm         E
Down the hall there's a window you can barely see through it

A           F#m             Bm        E7
Deep in the night I see the lights of town

      A          F#m             Bm       E7
And I started to thinking that a mystical ladder

      D             E                                      E7
Is as high as these walls and I'm climbin' it right one by one
[Chorus]
      A            D            E            A
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man

           D        E          A
Doin' what I can to get out of here

                       D            E         A
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom

            D                 E     A
Changin' my name and startin' over again
[Chorus]
      A            D            E            A
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man

           D        E          A
Doin' what I can to get out of here

                       D            E         A
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom

            D                 E     A
Changin' my name and startin' over again
[Outro]
                   D                    E7    A
These chains don't keep me from startin over again