-The Chain-


Running in the Shadows

"The Chain" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on their critically acclaimed, best-selling album Rumours. It is the only song from the album credited to all five members (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood).

"The Chain" was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials, including solo work by Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie. Stevie Nicks wrote the lyrics about Lindsey Buckingham as their relationship was falling apart. Buckingham and Nicks share lead vocals on the song. It was assembled, often manually by splicing tapes with a razor blade, at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, with hired engineers Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut.

Following the critical and commercial success of Rumours, "The Chain" has become a staple of the band's live shows, typically the opening song.

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      to               watch  sun              the  ows,            damn    lies           don
Listen                     the                    shad                    your                't
love me                 love                    hear                  ld  nev                 (Nev
       now            ver    me                l    yo            wou        er             in
	   You will ne        again I can stil        u saying You             break the cha
	 

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er                     if                   You                  ain               say               er
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   you           the  en            dar da            And  yo               e   You               me
damn               sil                 k                 if                  now                   again
I ca              sayin                 ak
    n          you   g               bre  the 
     still hear        you would never       chain (Never      break
	 					  
						  the chain)
                                                    
												And 
			if you don't 
			                                      love me now
                                                                            You will 
 never love me again
 
    still hear you             never break 
 can             saying   would          the 
I                      you                 chain
(Nev
   er 
     break the chain)
                                      And if you don't
									  
									  love me now
You will never

                                                                           love me again

I can still hear you saying

You would never break
                                                       us together (run
           the chain (Never break the chain)       keep                ning 
                                               Chain                        in      the shadow)
                                               Chain                        in     the shadow) 
					            keep                ning 
						        us together (run 
								
								
Chain keep us 
                   together (running 
				                             in the shadow)
Chain keep us together

 (running in the shadow)
                     Chain ke
					                        ep us together 
								(running in 
											     the shadow)
Chain keep us together 

                                     (running in the shadow)