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Chicago

Chains

Release date: 21st July 1982

From Chicago 16 (Expanded)
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About This Track

"Chains" is a track by Chicago, from the album Chicago 16 (Expanded), released 21st July 1982. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Chicago

Chicago

Lyrics

Chains

[Verse 1: Peter Cetera]

I don't want any trouble

I don't want to make any waves

I don't want any conscience

And I don't wanna be brave

I've kept my distance

My feelings have never been shown

I know that I've been walking fences

Denied what I have known

[Chorus: Peter Cetera, (Bandmates)]

I carry chains (I carry chains)

Heavy, heavy chains (Chains that I made)

I carry chains (I carry chains) around my feet

I feel the weight (I feel the weight)

Chains are the different things

That should not be hanging on me

[Verse 2: Peter Cetera]

I put my conscience under a stone

The stone under the ground

Walked from where I had left it

I hoped it couldn't be found

My conscience persisted

It's a haunted seed I have sown

Calls me out from the distance

And it just won't leave me alone

[Chorus: Peter Cetera, (Bandmates)]

I carry chains (I carry chains)

Chains that are made (Chains that I made)

I carry heavy chains (I carry chains)

Talk about the weight (I feel the weight)

Chains are the temporary things

That should not be hanging on me

[Outro: Peter Cetera]

I carry chains

Chains that I made

I carry chains

I feel the weight

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From Chicago 16 (Expanded)

1982
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Chicago 16 (Expanded)
Chicago 16 (Expanded)
Chicago
Release year
1982
  1. —What You're Missing (Alternate Version)
  2. —Love Me Tomorrow (Alternate Version)
  3. —Love Me Tomorrow
  4. —Waiting For You to Decide
  5. —Bad Advice
  6. —Chains
  7. —What You're Missing
  8. —Rescue You
  9. —Sonny Think Twice
  10. —Daddy's Favorite Fool
  11. —Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
  12. —Hard to Say I’m Sorry (Single Edit Version)
  13. —Follow Me
  14. —What Can I Say

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Production & Engineering

Writer
Ian Thomas (CA)
Producer
David Foster
Engineer
Bobby Gerber, Britt Bacon, Chip Strader, David Schober, Don Levy, Ernie Sheesely, Humberto Gatica, Jeff Borgeson, Phil Jamtaas, Steve Cohen
Drums
Danny Seraphine
Guitar
Bill Champlin
Keyboards
Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm
Additional Guitar
Chris Pinnick, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather
Additional Keyboards
David Foster
Additional Synthesizer
David Foster, David Paich, Steve Porcaro
Arranger
Danny Seraphine, David Foster
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jack Goudie, Lee Loughnane, Walter Parazaider
Background Vocals
Bill Champlin, Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm
Bass Guitar
Peter Cetera
Brass Arranger
James Pankow
Flugelhorn
Lee Loughnane
Mixing Engineer
Humberto Gatica
Piccolo
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Synthesizer Programmer
Steve Porcaro
Trombone
James Pankow
Trumpet
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Violin
Gerald Vinci
Vocal Arranger
Bill Champlin, Peter Cetera
Woodwind
Walter Parazaider
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