Chords for Aimee Mann - Jacob Marleys Chain

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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]
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1321
E
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A
1231
C
3211
Bm
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D
1321
E
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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] _

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