Your arms are warm, they (C7)make me feel
as if they’re made of (C7)cold, er cold steel.
A sim ple kiss, like a (C7)turn ing key;
a lit tle click,
and the (C7)lock’s on me.
Can’t (Ab)move my arms,
can’t (Cm)lift my hands.
I (Cm(b5))won’t ad mit to where I am,
but I know, ba by,
I’m in chains,
I’m in chains.
Your I pre tend I (C7)al ways leave,
as free to go when (C7)ev er I please,
but then the sound of my (C7)des p’rate calls
a ech o off
these the (C7)dun geon walls.
I’ve (Ab)crossed the line
from (Cm)mad to sane
a (Cm(b5))thou sand times and back a gain.
I love you, ba by,
I’m in chains,
I’m in chains.
I’m in chains,
I’m in chains,
I’m in chains,
an’ I’m in chains.
Should have known, pass ing (D7)through the gate,
that once in side I could (D)not es cape.
I (Bb)nev er thought this could (Dm)hap pen to me, nev er thought this is where I’d be.
But, ba by, ba by,
(F)ba by, look (CN.C.)at me.
Now say, (F)ba by, ba by, (CN.C.)look at me:
(Ebmaj7)I’m
(D7aug)in
chains.
Ba by, I’m in chains.
I nev er (Cm)thought this is where I’d (D7)be,
nev er thought this could hap pen to me.
Ba by, ba by, (D7)I’m in chains.
Ba by, ba by, (D)I’m in chains.
Ba by, ba by, (D7)I’m in chains.
Ba by, ba by, (D)I’m in chains.
This page shows “Chains” by Tina Arena in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 92 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.