If You Could Break That Chain

	  		  

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Intro 
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verse 1 
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Not craving in a piece of stone, in silver, bronze or gold 
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My idols meet me at my work and they follow me back home 
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At my altar of profession, the skills I have acquired 
               D                             C            G 
The sacrifices growing in succession, and my worship is required 


         Am              C            D                     G 
So I can finally sit and marvel at my slaughtered bulls and lambs 
     Em        Em/F#   G                   C 
On a shattered slab of marble that somehow makes me 
     D              G 
That makes me who I am 

Interlude with intro riff 
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verse 2 
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I’ve only known one way to face this curse, that’s to find my worth within my work 
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To make my sweat water this earth until they lay me back down in the dirt 
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They say a man is made of clay and he was made to rest each seventh day 
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For the sake of my own name I will make myself a home 

 
         Am      Am/B      C                    D             G 
So I can see you once I’ve paid my dues and the daily debts I own 
          Em      Em/F#  G                       C       D             G 
And I can take my rest under a room and have you beg me, beg me not to go 


Guitar solo 
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Chorus chords 
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verse 3 
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So what then would I be if I stopped doing what I do? 
    D                    C            G 
And nobody could see the trouble I go through 
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To make something that’s worth the hardship I endured 
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To live under this curse and work to find it’s cure 


        Am          Am/B   C                 D                 G 
There’s twenty-nine links around my legs and each one bares my name 
  Em       Em/F#   G                 C             D                G 
I won’t be worried long if you could break, if you could break that chain 


Outro with intro riff 
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