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The Chain

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Step 1 / 10Position: 2
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Tuning: Standard
Tabbed by: Jeylo
[Intro]
Em
[Verse 1]
EmListen to the wind blAow
Watch the sun DriseC  Em  
Run in the shadAows
Damn your love Damn your liDesC  Em  
[Chorus]
And if Amyou don't love me now
You will Amnever love me again
And I can sEmtill hear you sCayin'
you will nDsus4ever break the chain (never break the chain)
And if Amyou don't love me now
You will Amnever love me again
And I can sEmtill hear you sCayin'
you will nDsus4ever break the chain (never break the chain)
[Pre-Verse]
Em
[Verse 2]
EmListen to the wind blAow
Down comes the DnightC  Em  
Run in the shadAows
Damn your love Damn your liDesC  Em  
Break The sileAnce
Damn the dark Damn the ligDhtC  Em  
[Chorus 2]
And if Amyou don't love me now
You will Amnever love me again
And I can sEmtill hear you sCayin'
you will nDsus4ever break the chain (never break the chain)
And if Amyou don't love me now
You will Amnever love me again
And I can sEmtill hear you sCayin'
you will nDsus4ever break the chain (never break the chain)
And if Amyou don't love me now
You will Amnever love me again
And I can sEmtill hear you sCayin'
you will nDsus4ever break the chain (never break the chain)
(On 3rd time that the bass plays the little riff
The guitar sort of fades in with a rhythm You just play the High E string
[Pre-Break]
Em
[Break]
Am Em
The ending Bass-Line:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-0---0-2-3-2-0--0-2---|
E|---------------3----0-|
[Outro]
AmChain CKeGep us tEmogether (Run in the shadow)
AmChain CKeGep us tEmogether (Running in the shadow)
AmChain CKeGep us tEmogether (Running in the shadow)
AmChain CKeGep us tEmogether (Run in the shadow)
AmChain CKeGep us tEmogether (Run in the shadow)

The story behind the song

"The Chain" is a unique song in Fleetwood Mac's catalog, being the only one credited to all five members of the Rumours lineup: Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. It was famously pieced together from various rejected musical ideas, with the band and engineers manually splicing tapes during its creation at the Record Plant. Since its release on the iconic 1977 album Rumours, "The Chain" has become a staple of their live performances and has been featured on numerous greatest hits compilations. Its instrumental section is particularly well-known in the UK for its use as a theme tune for Formula One coverage.

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