Livin' on a Chain Gang
Livin' on a Chain Gang

Livin' on a Chain Gang easy guitar chords by Skid Row

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • E5

  • D

  • G5

    3

  • A5

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • C

  • G

  • Bb5

  • B5

    2

  • E5

  • D

  • G5

    3

  • A5

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • C

  • G

  • Bb5

  • B5

    2
    • Verse 1
    Turn 
    on 
    the TV, 

    'cause 
    I 
    got 
    nowhere 
    to go 

    It 
    seems 
    that 
    there's 
    a little 

    trouble 
    down 
    in 
    Mexico 

    A 
    thir
    teen-year-old 
    boy boy 
    boy 

    robs 
    a store 
    so 
    he 
    can 
    eat 

    They 
    got 
    him 
    doing 
    time 

    Interlude 1
    while 
    killers 
    walk 
    the streets 


    Verse 2
    A 
    hungry 
    politician 
    is 
    the wolf 

    that's 
    at 
    the door 

    He's 
    hell-bent 
    on 
    on 
    submission 

    and he's 
    feedin' 
    on 
    the poor 

    We could 
    stare 
    into 
    the 
    sun 
    if 
    we 

    would open 
    up 
    our eyes 

    But we 
    paint 
    ourselves 
    in
    to 
    a corner, 

    colored 
    in white 
    lies 

    (Busted on 
    a 
    rock 
    Verse 3
    pile) get 

    dusted 
    in 
    the heat 

    (Shackled to 
    the 
    system) and 

    draggin' 
    my 
    feet 

    Verse 4

    (I'm 
    ridin' on 
    a 
    break
    down, 

    another 
    white-knuckled 
    shake
    down) 

    Feels 
    like 
    I'm 
    livin' 
    on 

    a chain 
    gang 

    (I'm riding 
    on a 
    break
    down, 

    suicidal 
    shakedown) 

    Feels 
    like 
    I'm liv
    in' 
    on 
    a 

    chain 
    gang 

    Verse 5

    A 
    con 
    man's 
    intuition 
    can 

    wash 
    your sins 
    away 

    Send 
    your 
    contribution 

    and he'll save 
    your soul 
    today 

    What 
    does he 
    know? 
    Has 
    he 
    been 

    through 
    hell 
    and back? 

    He 
    takes 
    the cash 
    and he 
    drives 

    it home 
    in 
    a brand 
    new 
    Cadillac 

    Verse 6
    (Spittin' at 
    the 
    guard 
    dog) 

    burnin' in 
    his 
    wicked 
    deal 

    (Screamin' down 
    the 
    rail
    road) with 
    no 
    one 
    at 
    the 
    wheel, 

    no-woah 

    (I'm rid
    in' 
    Verse 7
    on 
    a 
    break
    down, 

    another 
    white-knuckled 
    shake
    down) 

    Feels 
    like 
    I'm 
    livin' 
    on 

    a chain 
    gang 

    (I'm riding 
    on 
    a 
    break
    down, 

    suicidal 
    shakedown) 

    Feels like 
    I'm 
    livin' 
    on 
    a chain 





    gang 

    Oh, 
    Verse 8
    faith 
    healin', 
    super
    stition 

    Cold-blooded 
    criminal 

    criminal 
    mind 

    Gettin' 
    off 
    on 
    high 
    posi
    tion 

    Hey, 
    brother 
    can you 
    spare 
    a 
    dime 

    To 
    get me 
    off 
    this slaughter 
    line? 

    Verse 9
    (I'm 
    ridin' on a 
    break
    down, 

    another white-k
    nuckled 
    shakedown) 

    Feels 
    like 
    I'm 
    livin' 
    on 
    a chain 

    gang 

    (I'm rid
    ing 
    on a breakdown, 

    suicidal 
    shakedown) 

    Feels like 
    I'm livin' 
    on 
    a chain 
    gang 

    (I'm 
    ridin' on 
    a break
    down, 

    another 
    white-knuckled 
    shake
    down) 

    Woah, feels 
    like 
    I'm livin' 
    on 
    a chain 

    gang 

    (I'm riding 
    on 
    a break
    down, 

    sui
    cidal 
    shakedown) 

    Feels 
    like 
    I'm 
    livin' 
    on 
    a chain 
    gang, 

    yeah 


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