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The Chain Demo by Fleetwood Mac - Guitar Chords

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            Song: The chain (Demo)
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Composer: Stevie Nicks
Album: 'Rumours' 35th anniversary box set bonus track

Tabbed by: DJ
18th Feb 2013

Stevie Nicks early solo demo. It sounds like she's getting ideas down
and just riffing the verse lyrics, but it's still interesting to hear
how her segment of 'The chain' first began.

CAPO: 5th fret (Will then sound in the recorded demo key of C)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em    = x22000 or xx2000   D/F# = 20023x or xx4323   Am     = x02210
A     = x02220             C    = x32010             A7     = x02020
G     = 320033 or xx5433   C/B  = x2x010             A7sus4 = x02030
Em7/D = xx0000             N.C. = No chords

Emphasise the bass note first before strumming the chord.
If played with fingerpicking, for the G - D/F# - Em progressions
I would use the 2nd options shown above, which have the descending
bass notes on the 4th string, but it's just a personal choice. 

Please select a star rating for this tab, many thnaks

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   Em
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 1]
Em               A               G            A
Slipped into the fountains of my emptiness,
  Em              A                   G    A
I let... teardops fall, I let 'em go,
Em               A             G           A
Stepped into the canyons of my loneliness,
      Em            A                  G
And I went about as far as I could go-------

  D/F#           Em       Em7/D   Em   N.C.
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /   |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 2]
    Em        A                 G         A
And even as I searched for you, I knew...
         Em        A                   G          A
...That, even if I found you, you'd be so cold,
    Em          A                    G          A
And even when I found you now, baby, I knew...
           Em            A                   G
That I had gone about as far as I could go------

  D/F#           Em       Em7/D   Em   N.C.
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /   |  /  /  /  /  |

[Chorus]
       G         D/F#    Em            G     D/F#        Em
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me a - gain,
      G     D/F#     Em               C     D/F#      Em
I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain,
      G     D/F#  Em             G     D/F#  Em
I can still-----------  hear you saying...
           G         D/F#    A7      A7sus4  A7
...That if you don't love me now, oh, oh,    oh----hoh,
N.C.                  G
You won't love me a - gain!

  D/F#           Em       Em7/D   Em   N.C.
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /   |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 3]
C       C/B         Am       G            D/F#         Em
I don't mean to beg,     but I don't know what else to say,
C            C/B             Am             G         D/F#       Em
If you meant what you said,       you'd 've been here yesterday,
C       C/B          Am          G       D/F#      Em
I won't watch you go---, no, and I won't even try----,
C            C/B      Am                      G     D/F#         Em
There you go down the road, but don't look to me to say goodbye------!

[Chorus]
       G         D/F#    Em            G     D/F#        Em
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me a - gain,
      G     D/F#     Em               G     D/F#      Em
I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain,
      G          D/F#     Em               C     C/B       Am
I can still----- hear you saying you would never break the chain,
       G         D/F#    A7           A7sus4  A7
And if you don't love me now, oh, oh, oh------hoh,
N.C.                  G        D/F#           Em
You won't love me a - gain,  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Link]
A7                        G        D/F#           Em
    You won't love me a - gain,  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

A7                        G           D/F#       Em
    You won't love me a - gain!  Oo - oo,   uh - huh!

[Verse 4]
             D/F#          G        D/F#               Em
Humm - mmm - mm, oo - oo - oo, oh - oh,   oh - oh, oh, oh,
     D/F#            G          D/F#                  Em
Uh - uh, uh---! Uh - uh, uh---! Oo, oo - oo, oo - oo, oo, oo,
         D/F#          G            D/F#             Em
Oo, oo - oo,  oo, oo - oo, oo, oo - oo, oo, oo - oo, oo!

[Verse 5]
D/F#    G    D/F#   Em    D/F#               G         D/F#     Em
Why---------------------  why don't you love me?  Ah - ah, ah - ah!
    D/F#        G    D/F#   Em       D/F#                  G D/F# Em
I'm down on my knees--------------,  begging you to please-----------
D/F#                    G   D/F#  Em
Baby, don't leave me------------------,
D/F#                    G         D/F#              Em
Baby, don't leave me------,  Uh - uh, uh - uh, uh - uh,
D/F#  N.C.     G    D/F#    Em       D/F#  N.C.    G    D/F#    Em
Baby, please-----!  Uh---,  uh---!   Baby, please-----! Umm---, umm!

[Coda]
D/F#        N.C.        G         D/F#           Em
Baby, don't leave me----------- |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
D/F#        N.C.        G         D/F#           Em
Baby, don't leave me----------- |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
D/F#           N.C.
Baby, don't... leave... me-----!
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