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Take These Chains

Biography:

Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and band leader.

As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.

He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music ("I Can't Stop Loving You") to rock and roll ("Mess Around"), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of "America the Beautiful.

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The original (or at least the original I have) is in the key of F Major

[Intro]
Back-up vocals sing the first line in the song in the following manner:
F Bb C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
(the first F chord in that string of four is for the pick-up note where the girls sing a C note)

[Verse 1]
F C
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
C7 F
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
F7 Bb G7
All my faith in you is gone, but the heartaches linger on
C C7 F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

[Verse 2]
F C
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
C7 F
Just a spark of the love that used to be
F7 Bb G7
If you love somebody new, let me find a new love too
C C7 F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

[Verse 3]
F C
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
C7 F
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
F7 Bb G7
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
C C7 F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free