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[00:00.16]Chains
[00:01.09]The Cookies
[00:01.92]Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin
[00:02.88]The Cookies, who were friends of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's babysitter, one
[00:03.88]"Little" Eva Boyd. After they wrote "The Loco-Motion" for her, they wrote this for her
[00:04.76]Friends.
[00:05.63]Peaked at # 17 in 1962
[00:06.53]Later covered by the Beatles as an album track in 1964 [Beatles Please Please Me CD]
[00:07.44]And also by co-songwriter Carole King in 1980 [Carole King Pearls CD].
[00:08.37]Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
[00:12.95]And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
[00:21.29]Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
[00:25.88]Got a hold on me, yeah
[00:30.43]Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
[00:36.86]I can't run around 'cause I'm not free-ee-ee-ee
[00:45.10]Whoa, oh, these chains of lo-o-ove
[00:49.77]Won't let me be, yeah
[00:54.38]Now, believe me when I tell you "I think you're fine"
[01:02.51]I'd like to love you but, darling, I'm imprisoned by these
[01:10.87]Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
[01:17.20]And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
[01:24.65]Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
[01:29.24]Got a hold on me, yeah
[01:34.75]I wanna tell you, pretty baby, "your lips look sweet"
[01:42.07]I'd like to kiss them but I can't break away from all of these
[01:51.27]Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
[01:56.74]And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
[02:05.07]Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
[02:09.67]Got a hold on me, yeah
[02:14.28]Chains, chains of lo-o-o-ove
[02:20.63]FADE
[02:21.53]Chains of lo-o-o-ove
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