Chords for Phil Ochs - Links on the Chain (Live at Newport)
Tempo:
122.075 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
C#m
G#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Back in 1949, they purged out all the communists and socialists and [G#] homosexuals out of the labor unions,
virile American types who took major stands on all the major issues of the day.
song to George Meany and other freedom fighters around the world.
chain.
Come your ranks of labor, come your union core,
if you [A] remember the [B] struggles of before, When you were standing [E] helpless on the outside [F#] of the door.
[B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you started [F#] building links on [B]
the chain.
virile American types who took major stands on all the major issues of the day.
song to George Meany and other freedom fighters around the world.
chain.
Come your ranks of labor, come your union core,
if you [A] remember the [B] struggles of before, When you were standing [E] helpless on the outside [F#] of the door.
[B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you started [F#] building links on [B]
the chain.
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C#m
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Back in 1949, they purged out all the communists and socialists and _ [G#] homosexuals out of the labor unions,
_ [B] leaving behind _ virile American types who took major stands on all the major issues of the day.
And now I'd like to dedicate [B] a song to George Meany _ and other freedom fighters around the world.
_ _ Some call links on the chain. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come your ranks of labor, come your union core,
And see if you [A] remember the [B] struggles of before, _ When you were standing [E] helpless on the outside [F#] of the door.
[C#m] And you started [F#] building links [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you started [F#] building links on [B]
the chain.
_ _ _ When the police on the horses were waiting on demand, _ _ Riding through the [A] strike with a pistol in [B] their hand,
_ Swinging on the [E] skulls of many [F#]
union men.
[C#m] And you built [F#] one more link on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you built [F#] one more link _ [B] on the _ chain. _ _
Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run, But the army of the union, they did what could be done.
Oh, the power [G#m] of _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ the [C#m] union, they did what could be done.
And you built [F#] one more link [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you built one [F#] more link [B] on the chain. _ _ _
And then in 1950, core decisions finally made, Oh, the black man was a rising man, raised in promises made,
And [G#m] your union took no stand, and your union [F#] was made free.
[C#m] And you lost [F#] yourself all links _ [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you lost [F#] yourself all links on [B] the chain. _ _ _
_ _ And then there came the [A] boycotts, and then the [B] freedom riots, And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the ties.
Oh, the [E] automation bosses were laughing [F#] on the side, [C#m] As they watched you [F#] lose your links [B] on the _ [G#m] _ chain,
[C#m] As they watched you lose your links [B] on the chain. _
_ You know when they block your trucks, boys, while laying on the road, _ All that they are doing [D] is all [B] that you have shown,
That [G#m] you've got to fight, you've got to fight, get [F#] what you are owed,
[B] When [C#m] you're building [F#] all your links [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, When you're building all [F#] your links on [B] the chain.
_ _ _ _ _ And the man who tries to tell you [D] that they'll take your job [A] away, [B] _ He's the same man who was scatting hard just the other day,
And your [G#m] union's not a union, [E] he's [F#] thrown out of the way, [C#m] And he's choking [F#] on your links _ [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain,
And he's choking on [F#] your links on [B] the chain.
_ _ _ For now the times are [D] telling you, the [B] times are rolling on, And you're fighting for the same thing, the [E] job [B] that will be gone, _
Now it's only [G#m] fair to ask you boys, which [F#] side are you on, [C#m] As you're building [F#] all your [B] links on the chain, [G#m] on the chain,
[C#m] As you're building [F#] all your links, all on the [E] chain.
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_ [B] leaving behind _ virile American types who took major stands on all the major issues of the day.
And now I'd like to dedicate [B] a song to George Meany _ and other freedom fighters around the world.
_ _ Some call links on the chain. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come your ranks of labor, come your union core,
And see if you [A] remember the [B] struggles of before, _ When you were standing [E] helpless on the outside [F#] of the door.
[C#m] And you started [F#] building links [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you started [F#] building links on [B]
the chain.
_ _ _ When the police on the horses were waiting on demand, _ _ Riding through the [A] strike with a pistol in [B] their hand,
_ Swinging on the [E] skulls of many [F#]
union men.
[C#m] And you built [F#] one more link on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you built [F#] one more link _ [B] on the _ chain. _ _
Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run, But the army of the union, they did what could be done.
Oh, the power [G#m] of _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ the [C#m] union, they did what could be done.
And you built [F#] one more link [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you built one [F#] more link [B] on the chain. _ _ _
And then in 1950, core decisions finally made, Oh, the black man was a rising man, raised in promises made,
And [G#m] your union took no stand, and your union [F#] was made free.
[C#m] And you lost [F#] yourself all links _ [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, [C#m] And you lost [F#] yourself all links on [B] the chain. _ _ _
_ _ And then there came the [A] boycotts, and then the [B] freedom riots, And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the ties.
Oh, the [E] automation bosses were laughing [F#] on the side, [C#m] As they watched you [F#] lose your links [B] on the _ [G#m] _ chain,
[C#m] As they watched you lose your links [B] on the chain. _
_ You know when they block your trucks, boys, while laying on the road, _ All that they are doing [D] is all [B] that you have shown,
That [G#m] you've got to fight, you've got to fight, get [F#] what you are owed,
[B] When [C#m] you're building [F#] all your links [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain, When you're building all [F#] your links on [B] the chain.
_ _ _ _ _ And the man who tries to tell you [D] that they'll take your job [A] away, [B] _ He's the same man who was scatting hard just the other day,
And your [G#m] union's not a union, [E] he's [F#] thrown out of the way, [C#m] And he's choking [F#] on your links _ [B] on the chain, [G#m] on the chain,
And he's choking on [F#] your links on [B] the chain.
_ _ _ For now the times are [D] telling you, the [B] times are rolling on, And you're fighting for the same thing, the [E] job [B] that will be gone, _
Now it's only [G#m] fair to ask you boys, which [F#] side are you on, [C#m] As you're building [F#] all your [B] links on the chain, [G#m] on the chain,
[C#m] As you're building [F#] all your links, all on the [E] chain.
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