Spoken Introduction: He Had A Long Chain On Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
This [G]is a song that was written
by one of the most beautiful people
I've ever met about the man
with the long chain [Em]on.
[G]He [Em]had a long chain on
He [G]had a [Em]long [G]chain on[Em]
He had a [Eb]long [Em]chain [Am]on

[Interlude 1]
[Am][G]
[Am][G][Am][G][Em][Am][C][G]

[Verse 2]
One [G]night as I lay on [Em]my p[G]illow
[Am]Moonlight as bright [Em]as the dawn
[G]I s[Em]aw a man come a -walkin',
[G]he [Am]had a long chai[Em]n on.
[G]I h[Em]eard his chains a -clackin',[G]
[Em]they [Am]made [Abm]a mourni[B]n'
for [Em]a song.
[G]Welding [Em]arou[G]nd h[Em]is body[G]
Drag[Am]ging [Ebm]along [B]the [Em]cross
[G]He [Em]had a long chain on
[C]He [Em]had a[C] l[Em]ong c[G]hain[Em] on[C]
[Em]He had a long chain on[Am]

[Interlude 2]
[Am][Em][G]
[Am][Em][G][Am][G][Am][G][Em][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]He [Em]stood [G]be side [Em]my window
[G]He [Am]looked at me and [Em]he said,
[G]I'm [Em]so tired and h[G]ungr[Em]y,[G]
[Am]give me a [Em]bite of your bread.
[G]He [Em]didn'[G]t look[Em] like a robb[G]er
[Am]He didn't look l[Em]ike a thief
[G]His voi[Em]ce was as soft as the moonlight
[G]A f[Em]ace f[C]ull[Am] of s[B]orr[Em]ow and grief
[G]He [Em]had a long [G]chain [Em]on[C][Em]
[C]He [Em]had a[G] long [Em]chai[G]n on[Em][C][G]
[Em]He had a long chain
[G]Ooh[Am], ooh[G], ooh[Am], ooh,
[Em]ooh[G][Am][G][Am][C][G]
[Em]I went into my kitchen
[Am]Fetched him a bowl
[B]full [Ebm]of meat[G]
[Em]Drinking a pan of cold biscuits,
[G][Em]
[G]that's [Am]what I gave him t[Em]o eat.
[G]Though he was tired [Em]and [G]hungry,
a [Am]bright light came [G]over [Em]his f[G]ace.[Em]
[G]He [Em]bowed his head[G]
[G]in the [Em]moonlight
[G]He said a beau[B]ti [Em]ful g[G]race
But he [Em]had a long [G]chain [Em]on
[C]He had[Em] a l[G]ong chain on
[Em]He had a long chain on

[Interlude 3]
[Am][G][Em]
[G][Am][Em][G][Am][G][G][Am][G]

[Verse 4]
[G]I've got my hammer and chisel
Offered to set him [Em]free
[G]He looked at me and said softly,
[Em]I gu[G]ess we had best let it be.
When he had finished his [G]supper,
he thanked me again and again.
[G]Though it's been
years since I saw him
Still hear him dragging his chain
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on

[Interlude 4]
He had a long chain on
[Am]

[Verse 5]
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on

[Outro 1]
We had a long day long.
[Em]