Links on the Chain
Links on the Chain

Links on the Chain easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Bb

  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Bb

  • Verse 1
    Come 
    you ranks 
    of labor, 

    come 
    you union 
    core, 

    C D A 

    And 
    see 
    if you remember 
    the 

    struggles 
    of 
    before, 

    F#m D E 

    When 
    you were 
    standing 
    help
    less 

    on 
    the 
    outside 
    of 
    the 
    door 

    Bm E A 

    And 
    you started 
    building 

    links 
    on 
    the Chain. 

    Bm D E A 

    On the 
    Chain, 
    you started 
    build

    ing 
    links 
    on 
    the Chain. 

    Verse 2
    When 
    the police 
    on 
    the horses 

    were 
    waitin' 
    on 
    demand, 

    ridin' 
    through the 
    strike 
    with the 

    pistols 
    in their 
    hands, 

    Swingin' 
    at the 
    skulls 
    of 

    many 
    a uni
    on man, 

    As 
    you 
    built 
    one 
    more 
    link 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the chain, 

    As 
    you 
    built 
    one 
    more 
    link 
    on 
    the chain. 

    Verse 3
    Then 
    the army 
    of the fascists 
    tried 

    to put 
    you on 
    the run, 

    but the 
    army 
    of the union, 

    they did 
    what 
    could be 
    done, 

    Oh, 
    the power 
    of the fact
    ory 

    was 
    greater 
    than the 
    gun, 

    As 
    you 
    built 
    one more 
    link 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the 
    chain, 

    As 
    you 
    built 
    one 
    more 
    link 
    on 
    the chain. 

    Verse 4
    And 
    then in 
    1954, decisions 
    finally 
    made, 

    The 
    black man 
    was 
    a-risin' fast 
    fast 

    and racin' 
    from the 
    shade, 

    And 
    your union 
    took no 
    stand 
    and 

    your union 
    was be
    trayed, 

    As 
    you 
    lost 
    yourself 
    link 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the 
    chain, 

    As 
    you 
    lost 
    yourslef a 
    link 
    on 
    the chain. 

    Verse 5
    And 
    then there 
    came 
    the boycotts 

    and then the 
    freedom 
    rides, 

    And 
    forgetting 
    what you 
    stood for, 

    you 
    tried 
    to block 
    the tide, 

    Oh, the 
    automation 
    bosses 

    werre 
    laughin' on 
    the 
    side, 

    As 
    they 
    watched 
    you 
    lose 
    your 
    link 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the 
    chain, 

    As 
    they 
    watched 
    you lose 
    your 

    link 
    on 
    the chain. 

    Verse 6
    You know 
    when they 
    block your 
    trucks 
    boys, by 
    layin' 

    on 
    the road, 

    All 
    that 
    they are 
    doin' 
    is 
    all 

    that you have 
    showed, 

    That you 
    gotta 
    strike, 

    you 
    gotta 
    fight 
    to 
    get 
    what you 
    are 
    owed, 

    When 
    you're 
    building 
    all 
    your 
    links 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the 
    chain, 

    When 
    you're 
    building 
    all 
    your 
    links 

    on 
    the chain. 

    Amd the man who 
    tries to tell 
    you that 
    they'll 
    take 
    your 
    job 
    Verse 7

    away, 

    He's the 
    same man 
    who was 

    scabbin' hard 
    just 
    the other 
    day, 

    And 
    your union's 
    not 
    a union 

    till he's 
    thrown 
    out of 
    the 
    way, 

    And 
    he's 
    chokin' 
    on 
    your 
    links 
    of 
    the chain, 

    of 
    the chain, 

    And 
    he's chokin' 
    on 
    your 

    links 
    of 
    the chain. 

    Verse 8
    For 
    now the 
    times 
    are tellin' 
    you the 

    times 
    are rollin' 
    on, 

    And you're 
    fighting 
    for the same 
    thing, 

    the 
    job
    s that 
    will be 
    gone, 

    Now 
    it's only 
    fair to 
    ask 
    you boys, 

    which 
    side are 
    you 
    on? 

    As 
    you're 
    buildin' 
    all your 
    links 
    on 
    the chain, 

    on 
    the chain, 

    As 
    you're 
    buildin' 
    all 
    your 

    links 
    on 
    the chain 

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