Livin' on a Chain Gang chords by Skid Row

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Verse 1
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Turn on the TV,
'cause I got nowhere to go
It seems that there's a little
trouble down in Mexico
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A thirteen-year-old boy boy boy
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robs a store so he can eat
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They got him doing time

Interlude 1

while killers walk the streets

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Verse 2
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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
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E5 
We could stare into the sun if we
would open up our eyes
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But we paint ourselves into a corner,
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colored in white lies
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(Busted on a rock

Verse 3
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pile) get
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dusted in the heat
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(Shackled to the system) and
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draggin' my feet
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Verse 4
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(I'm ridin' on a breakdown,
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another white-knuckled shakedown)
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Feels like I'm livin' on
Bm 
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E5 
a chain gang
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(I'm riding on a breakdown,
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suicidal shakedown)
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Feels like I'm livin' on a
Bm 
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chain gang
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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?
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He takes the cash and he drives
it home in a brand new Cadillac
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Verse 6
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(Spittin' at the guard dog)
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burnin' in his wicked deal
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Bm 
(Screamin' down the railroad) with no  one at the wheel,
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no-woah
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(I'm ridin'

Verse 7
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on a breakdown,
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D 
another white-knuckled shakedown)
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Feels like I'm livin' on
Bm 
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E5 
a chain gang
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(I'm riding on a breakdown,
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G 
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suicidal shakedown)
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Bm 
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Feels like I'm livin' on  a chain
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Bm 
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Bm 
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gang
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Oh,

Verse 8
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faith healin', superstition
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Cold-blooded criminal
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criminal mind
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Gettin' off on high position
Bm 
Hey, brother can you spare a dime
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To  get me off this slaughter line?

Verse 9
E5 
(I'm ridin' on a breakdown,
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A5 
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E5 
another white-knuckled shakedown)
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A5 
Bm 
Feels like I'm livin' on  a chain
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G5 
E5 
gang
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A5 
(I'm riding on a breakdown,
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G 
D 
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suicidal shakedown)
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A5 
Bm 
Feels like I'm livin' on  a chain gang
A5 
G5 
E5 
D 
A5 
(I'm ridin' on a breakdown,
E5 
G5 
D 
another white-knuckled shakedown)
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A5 
Bm 
Woah, feels like I'm livin' on a chain
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G5 
E5 
D 
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E5 
gang
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D 
(I'm riding on a breakdown,
E5 
sui cidal shakedown)
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A5 
Bm 
Feels like I'm livin' on  a chain gang,
A5 
yeah
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Bm 
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