Chords for Aimee Mann - Jacob Marleys Chain
Tempo:
172.3 bpm
Chords used:
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D
E
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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A Christmas Carol [G] who is Scrooge's ex-partner who comes to him in ghost form [E] and says,
you will be visited by three ghosts, the ghosts [C#] of Christmas past, present and future, etc.
he's carrying around this enormous chain and Scrooge asks him what the chain is.
each link of this chain I forged in life, it was sort of like every bad deed that he's done,
so now that he's in the hereafter, he gets to drag it around.
was a really kind of apt metaphor for the way that you can feel weighted down by events
done in the [C] past.
so [F#] that's what this song's about.
you will be visited by three ghosts, the ghosts [C#] of Christmas past, present and future, etc.
he's carrying around this enormous chain and Scrooge asks him what the chain is.
each link of this chain I forged in life, it was sort of like every bad deed that he's done,
so now that he's in the hereafter, he gets to drag it around.
was a really kind of apt metaphor for the way that you can feel weighted down by events
done in the [C] past.
so [F#] that's what this song's about.
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A Christmas _ _ Carol [G] who is _ Scrooge's ex-partner who comes to him in ghost form _ [E] and says,
you will be visited by three ghosts, the ghosts [C#] of Christmas past, present and future, etc.
[G] _ And _ _ he's _ carrying around this enormous chain and Scrooge asks him what the chain is.
And he said, _ each link of this chain I forged in life, it was sort of like every _ bad deed that he's done,
I'm going to forge a link in [G] the chain so _ now that he's in the hereafter, he gets to drag it around.
[E] So I thought that was a really kind of apt metaphor _ for the way that you can feel weighted down by events
that have happened to you or things that you've done in the [C] past.
_ And _ [Bm] _
so _ [F#] _ that's what this song's about.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Well [Bm] _ today [C#m] a friend told [D] me this sorry [Em]
tale
_ As [Bm] he stood [C#m] there _ trembling [D] and turning [E]
pale
He [Bm] said each _ [A]
day's harder [D] to get on the [E]
scale
_ [C] Sort of like [Bm] Jacob _ _ Marley's [D] chain
_ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] But it's not _ [C#m]
like [A] life is [D] such a vale [E] of tears
_ It's just [Bm] full [C#m] of thoughts that [D] act as _ _ [E] _
souvenirs
For [Bm] those _ [C#m] tiny _ blunders [D] made in _ _ [E]
yesteryears
That [C] _ _ comprise [Bm] Jacob _ _ Marley's [F#m] chain _ _
_ _ [C] Well I had a [B] little _ metaphor [G] to state my [A]
case
_ [C] It _ encompassed [B] the condition [G] of the human _ [A] _
race
But [Dm] to my _ [C]
dismay it [G] left without [D] a _ trace
[C] Except for [Bm] the sound of [E] Jacob _ _ _ [F#m]
Marley's chain
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Now [Bm] there is no [C#m] _
story left [D] for me to [E] tell
_ So [Bm] I think _ [A] I'd rather [D] just go on to [E] hell
Where [B] there's a _ _ [A] snowball's chance that [D] the _ [E] personnel _
Might [C] help to carry _ [Bm] Jacob _ Marley's chain
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ Help [C] to carry [Bm] Jacob _ _ [D] Marley's _ [F#m] chain _ _ _
[Bm] _ Carry Jacob [A] _ _
[D] Marley's chain
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
you will be visited by three ghosts, the ghosts [C#] of Christmas past, present and future, etc.
[G] _ And _ _ he's _ carrying around this enormous chain and Scrooge asks him what the chain is.
And he said, _ each link of this chain I forged in life, it was sort of like every _ bad deed that he's done,
I'm going to forge a link in [G] the chain so _ now that he's in the hereafter, he gets to drag it around.
[E] So I thought that was a really kind of apt metaphor _ for the way that you can feel weighted down by events
that have happened to you or things that you've done in the [C] past.
_ And _ [Bm] _
so _ [F#] _ that's what this song's about.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Well [Bm] _ today [C#m] a friend told [D] me this sorry [Em]
tale
_ As [Bm] he stood [C#m] there _ trembling [D] and turning [E]
pale
He [Bm] said each _ [A]
day's harder [D] to get on the [E]
scale
_ [C] Sort of like [Bm] Jacob _ _ Marley's [D] chain
_ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] But it's not _ [C#m]
like [A] life is [D] such a vale [E] of tears
_ It's just [Bm] full [C#m] of thoughts that [D] act as _ _ [E] _
souvenirs
For [Bm] those _ [C#m] tiny _ blunders [D] made in _ _ [E]
yesteryears
That [C] _ _ comprise [Bm] Jacob _ _ Marley's [F#m] chain _ _
_ _ [C] Well I had a [B] little _ metaphor [G] to state my [A]
case
_ [C] It _ encompassed [B] the condition [G] of the human _ [A] _
race
But [Dm] to my _ [C]
dismay it [G] left without [D] a _ trace
[C] Except for [Bm] the sound of [E] Jacob _ _ _ [F#m]
Marley's chain
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Now [Bm] there is no [C#m] _
story left [D] for me to [E] tell
_ So [Bm] I think _ [A] I'd rather [D] just go on to [E] hell
Where [B] there's a _ _ [A] snowball's chance that [D] the _ [E] personnel _
Might [C] help to carry _ [Bm] Jacob _ Marley's chain
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ Help [C] to carry [Bm] Jacob _ _ [D] Marley's _ [F#m] chain _ _ _
[Bm] _ Carry Jacob [A] _ _
[D] Marley's chain
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
