Tears For Fears - Women in chains
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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
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
NOTE: 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 [Will then sound in the recorded 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]
You Dsus2better love loving, and you A/Dbetter behave-Dsus2----, A/D
You Bm7better love loving, and you Bm9better behave-Bm7----, Bm9
G G[b5] G G[b5]
Woman in chains, woman in chains
Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Dsus2Calls her man 'The A/DGreat White Dsus2Hope', A/D
Bm7Says she's fine, she'll aBm9lways Bm7cope, Bm9
G G[b5]
Oo - oo, woman in chains,
G G[b5] Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 A/D
Woman in chains----------------! | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Well, I Bmfeel----- ...Bm/Alying and waiting...
G G[b5] G G[b5]
...Is a poor man's deal, [A poor man's deal!]
And I Bmfeel------ Bm/Ahopelessly 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--------,
Woh - oh, oh, oo - Bm7oh, Bm9 Bm7 Bm9
G G[b5] G G[b5] D D6sus2 A/D
Woman in chains, woman in chains----! | / / / / |
D D6sus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
Dsus2Trades her soul as A/Dskin and Dsus2bone,
[You better love loving...]
[...And you A/Dbetter behave!]
Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Sells the only thing she owns----------------,
[You better love loving...]
Bm9Hoo - oo!
[...And you better behave!]
G G[b5] G G[b5]
Woman in chains, woman in chains!
[The sun and the Moon!]
D D6sus2 A/D
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 6]
D D6sus2 A/DMen of stone, |Dsus2 / / A/D / / |Dsus2 / / A/D/ / |
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]
Well, I Bmfeel-----, Bm/Adeep in your heart,
G G[b5] G G[b5]
There are wounds time can't heal, [That time can't heal!]
And I Bmfeel----- Bm/Asomebody, 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]
It's uAnder my Gskin, but out of my Bmhands,
I'll Bm/Atear it a - Asus4part, but I Awon't under - Gstand,
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 for the Coda: 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 |-----------------------|-----------------------|