Shackles And Chains Chords

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Shackles And Chains by Stonewall Jackson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                               C 
On a long lonesome journey I am going  

   D7                            G 
Oh my sweet little darling don't cry 

                                     C 
For in shackles and chains they will take me  

     D7                    G 
To a prison to live till I die  

  
                                       C 
And each night through the bars I will gaze at the stars 

   D7                        G 
My dreams dear for you so in vain 

                                   C 
A piece of stone I will use for my pillow  

          D7                       G 
While I'm sleeping in shackles and chains 

  
                                           C 
Put your arms through these bars once more darling 

      D7                            G 
Let me kiss those sweet lips I love best 

                            C 
In sorrow they were my consolation  

    D7                      G 
And in sadness my heaven of rest 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante