Song: Woman in chains
Artist: Tears for Fears
Composer: Roland Orzabal
Album: The seeds of love
Tabbed by DJ ( 'DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com )
2nd Oct 2016
N.B.
This is my own interpretation intended for a single
fingerstyle acoustic guitar accompaniment, giving a
flavour of the overall backing, for a solo singer.
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
Dsus2 = xx0230 Bm = x24432 E = 022100
A/D = xx0220 Bm/A = x04432 Esus4 = 022200
Bm7 = x2023x D6sus2 = xx0200 C#m7 = x46600
Bm9 = x2022x A = x02220 Amaj9 = 577600
G = 3x003x Asus4 = x02230
G(b5) = 3x002x
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[Intro - from 0:36 on track]
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G G(b5) G G(b5) Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
You better love loving, and you better behave-----,
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9
You better love loving, and you better behave-----,
G G(b5) G G(b5)
Woman in chains, woman in chains----!
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
Calls her man 'The Great White Hope',
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9
Says she's fine, she'll always cope,
G G(b5)
Oo - oo, woman in chains,
G G(b5) Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
Woman in chains----------------! | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Bm Bm/A
Well, I feel----- ...lying and waiting...
G G(b5) G G(b5)
...Is a poor man's deal, (A poor man's deal!)
Bm Bm/A
And I feel------ hopelessly weighed down...
G G(b5) G G(b5)
...By your eyes of steel, (Your eyes of steel!)
[Verse 4]
G G(b5)
Well, it's a world gone crazy,
G G(b5) Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
Keeps woman in chains--------,
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9
Woh - oh, oh, oo - oh,
G G(b5) G G(b5) D D6sus2 A/D
Woman in chains, woman in chains----! | / / / / |
D D6sus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2
Trades her soul as skin and bone,
(You better love loving...)
A/D
(...And you better behave!)
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Sells the only thing she owns----------------,
(You better love loving...)
Bm9
Hoo - oo!
(...And you better behave!)
G G(b5) G G(b5)
Woman in chains, woman in chains!
(The sun & the Moon!)
D D6sus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 6]
D D6sus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
Men of stone, | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 G G(b5) G G(b5)
Men of stone, hah-----, no, no, no-----!
D D6sus2 A/D D D6sus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
Bm Bm/A
Well, I feel-----, deep in your heart,
G G(b5) G G(b5)
There are wounds time can't heal, (That time can't heal!)
Bm Bm/A
And I feel----- somebody, somewhere,
G G(b5) G G(b5)
Is try - ing to breathe, well, you know what I mean?
G G(b5) G G(b5) Asus4
It's a world gone crazy, keeps woman in chains--------!
[Verse 8]
A G Bm
It's under my skin, but out of my hands,
Bm/A Asus4 A G
I'll tear it a - part, but I won't under - stand,
G(b5) G G(b5) G G(b5)
I will not ac - cept the greatness of man!
It's a world gone crazy,
G G(b5)
Keeps woman in chains,
G G(b5) G G(b5)
(Gone crazy, keeps woman in chains!)
G G(b5) G G(b5) G G(b5) G G(b5)
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda]
E C#m7
| / / / / | / / / / | ...So free---- her----,
Amaj9 E
So free---- her----, so free---- her----!
E C#m7
||: So free---- her----, ...so free---- her----,
Amaj9 E
So free--- her-----, so free----- her----! :|| [Repeat]
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This tab could be played instead of the above
chord accompaniment: (CAPO still at 3rd fret)
[Optional riff for Coda]
(E)
e |----0---------------0--|----0---------------0--|
B |--------4---2---4------|--------4---2---4------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |--2---2---2---2---2----|--2---2---2---2---2----|
A |-----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
(C#m7)
e |----0---------------0--|----0---------------0--|
B |--------4---2---4------|--------4---2---4------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|-----------------------|
A |--4---4---4---4---4----|--4---4---4---4---4----|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
(Amaj9)
e |----0---------------0--|----0---------------0--|
B |--------4---2---4------|--------4---2---4------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|-----------------------|
A |--0---0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0---0----|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
(E)
e |----0---4-----------0--|----0---4-----------0--|
B |------------2---4------|------------2---4------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |--2---2---2---2---2----|--2---2---2---2---2----|
A |-----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
