{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2395555,"song":"Links On The Chain","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11494247-links-on-the-chain-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2395555?type=chord","rating":4.80888,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome you ranks of labor, come you union core[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd see if you remember the struggles of before[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen you were standing helpless on the outside of the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]    \r\nAnd you started building links on the chain, on the chain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you started building links on the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the police on the horses were waitin' on demand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRidin' through the strike with a pistol in their hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSwingin' at the skulls of many a union man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs you built one more link on the chain, on the chain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you built one more link on the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the army of the union, they did what could be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh, the power of the factory was greater than the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs you built one more link on the chain, on the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you built one more link on the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then in 1954, decisions finally made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, the black man was a-risin' fast, racin' from the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd your union took no stand and your union was betrayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs you lost yourself a link on the chain, on the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you lost yourslef a link on the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then there came the boycotts and then the freedom rides[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nOh, the automation bosses werre laughin' on the side[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs they watched you lose your link on the chain, on the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs they watched you lose your link on the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou know when they block your trucks boys, by layin' on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll that they are doin' is all that you have showed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThat you gotta strike, you gotta fight to get what you are owed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen you're building all your links on the chain, on the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you're building all your links on the chain..[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAmd the man who tries to tell you that they'll take your job away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the same man who was scabbin' hard just the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd your union's not a union till he's thrown out of the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd he's chokin' on your links of the chain, of the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he's chokin' on your links of the chain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor now the times are tellin' you the times are rollin' on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you're fighting for the same thing, the jobs that will be gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow it's only fair to ask you boys, which side are you on?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs you're buildin' all your links on the chain, on the chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you're buildin' all your links on the chain.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA C D A\nA C D A\n\n[verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 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