{"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":424940,"song":"Chain Lightning","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/424940-chain-lightning-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/424940?type=chord","rating":4.39766,"votes":15,"content":"Don Mclean - Chain Lightning\r\n\r\ntabbed by mcnrymikin - 18/10/2006\r\nmcnrymikin@yahoo.co.uk\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes when I'm thinkin' that love's not around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy heart begins sinkin', I don't hear a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the world is in blackness, no light shines on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI suffer no blindness, no one can I see[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen a flash from the heavens like a loud jagged wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the silence is broken, and the night is on fire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's like chain lightning, this love that I feel.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWho know's where it strikes or when it will hit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow long it will last, or when............ it will quit.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChords repeated for rest of song:\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\nIn the forest I'm burning, struck down by the blast\r\nThe fever is churning, and the heat rises fast.\r\nand those standing nearest can show their concern\r\nbut I swear if they touch me that they too will burn.\r\nThey fear for their lives for death will soon dwell\r\nin the warmth of your love is the fire of hell.\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\nAnd soon the sparks scatter and wind whips the flame\r\nand love will soon shatter what it cannot tame\r\nand the cycle continues, from life into dust\r\nfor I am now in you with the fire of lust.\r\nAnd I hear the explosion, of thunder and rain,\r\nthe water is falling, the ashes remain.\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\nThe Indian's tell us that the Phoenix can rise\r\nfrom the smoldering ashes that once were my eyes\r\nand watch beautiful colours from black and from grey\r\nbe formed into wings and take me away\r\nwhere evil is darkness and goodness is light\r\nand love is the lightning that cuts through the night\r\nand strikes only once in a dark place in time\r\nand forms a gold stairway that all of us climb.","plain_text":"Don Mclean - Chain Lightning\n\ntabbed by mcnrymikin - 18/10/2006\nmcnrymikin@yahoo.co.uk\n\nIntro:\n\nEm\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChords repeated for rest of song:\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\nIn the forest I'm burning, struck down by the blast\nThe fever is churning, and the heat rises fast.\nand those standing nearest can show their concern\nbut I swear if they touch me that they too will burn.\nThey fear for their lives for death will soon dwell\nin the warmth of your love is the fire of hell.\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\nAnd soon the sparks scatter and wind whips the flame\nand love will soon shatter what it cannot tame\nand the cycle continues, from life into dust\nfor I am now in you with the fire of lust.\nAnd I hear the explosion, of thunder and rain,\nthe water is falling, the ashes remain.\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\nThe Indian's tell us that the Phoenix can rise\nfrom the smoldering ashes that once were my eyes\nand watch beautiful colours from black and from grey\nbe formed into wings and take me away\nwhere evil is darkness and goodness is light\nand love is the lightning that cuts through the night\nand strikes only once in a dark place in time\nand forms a gold stairway that all of us climb.","chords":["Em","C","G","Am","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}