...CHAINED AND BOUND... by Otis Redding
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*from 'The Great Otis Redding
Sings Soul Ballads' (1965)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Verse 1:
G
Darling now,
C
You made me change my mind.
G D
Can go no further,
G D
Because you got me chained and bound.
Verse 2:
G
Taller than the tallest sky,
C
Sweeter than a grape on a vine.
G D
Can go no further,
G D
Because you got me chained and bound,
Right now, now.
Verse 3:
G
So glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad,
C
Oh, I don't have to worry no more,
G D G D
Oh my my my, baby, somebody, somebody.
Bridge 1:
Em
What kind of life,
G
Is this kind I'm living?
Em
Oh Lord, what kind of love,
G
Is she trying to give me?
Em
I feel like I'm standing up,
G
And telling the world;
G G/F# G/E D
I'm chained to your love.
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Verse 4:
G
Darling, oh, don't break,
C
This little heart of mine.
G D
There's no greater love,
G D
Than this love of yours and mine.
Verse 5:
G
You walk with your head in the sky,
C
Darling don't ever pass me by.
G D
I ain't going no further,
D
No further,
G D
Because you got me chained and bound.
Coda:
G
So glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad,
Lord, I don't have to worry no more.
She got me chained to her love, now,
I don't, I don't want to be taken away.
I'm chained, I'm chained and a little bound,
Now, now, now, I'm chained,
I'm chained to your love.
I don't, I don't know darling,
I wanna to be taken away, now.
Oh, just a little bit of soul,
Just a little bit of soul, now.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)