Judas Priest
(Take These) Chains lyrics
Songwriters: HALLIGAN, ROBERT SIDNEY JR.
Intro: Abm F# E X2
Abm F# E F# Abm
I move away it don't do me no good
F# E
Three thousand miles don't help like I thought it would
G F#5
Help me, beggin' you please
F5 E B5 C#5 C#5 B5 C#5
You got the power down on my knees
C#5 Eb5 Eb#5 C#5
Give me some kind of life
Eb5 Eb5
Leave me be
Abm E
Take these chains off
Db5 Db5 Eb5
Take 'em off my heart
(repeat:) Abm
F# E F# Abm
Reach out to me, as if from the grave
F# E
I tried to run but I'm tied to you like a slave
G F#5
It's my fault loving you so
F5 E C#5 B5 C#5
You were so precious, how could I know
C#5 Eb5 Eb#5 C#5
You turned mean overnight
Eb5 Eb5
Poor poor me
Abm E
Take these chains off
Db5 Db5 Eb5
Take 'em off my heart
(repeat:)
E
I don't owe you anything
F# Ab5 F#5 F#5 Ab5 F#5
Why don't you get out of my life
E
Through it all the memories cling
Db5 Eb5 Eb5
And I can't sleep at night
Abm F# E F# Abm Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb E
G F#5
Help me I'm beggin' you please
F5 E B5 C#5 C#5 B5 C#5
You've got the power, down on my knees
C#5 Eb5 Eb#5 C#5
Give me some kind of life
Eb5 Eb5
Leave me be
Abm E
Take these chains off
Db5 Db5 Eb5
Take 'em off my heart
(repeat X4)