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[Verse 1]
    A                                                   E
You wake up and there's something there tugging at your sleeve
     A                                        E
It's not the pitter-patter of the one in your dreams
               B                     E
Held on by the chain, the unbreakable chain
                  B                     E
Held there by the chain, the unbreakable chain

[Verse 2]
    A                                                  E
You walk and you know that the wind is not passing you by
     A                                                             E
It's speaking and you listen and the tears don't come now when you cry
          B                                  E
Cry, cry, crying won't break the unbreakable chain
             B                     E
Crying won't break the unbreakable chain

[Verse 3]
     A                                          E
It's thirty years ago and you live with your decision
     A                                              E
You talk to him in a prayer, you send out your transmission
                   B                     E
But a prayer won't break the unbreakable chain
                   B                     E
Your prayers won't break the unbreakable chain

[Verse 4]
     A                                                  E
Your baby's not yours but he walks the streets of your city
    A                                 E
He wants to know you, there's no self pity
     B                                      E
It's pulling at your heart, the unbreakable chain
                B                           E     E
Pulling at your heart, with the unbreakable chain

[Verse 5]
    A                                                 E
And you, you put an ad in the paper, it's foolish but maybe
 A                                            E
Maybe he'll see cause he's searching for mama mi
        B                               E
Oh mama here, mama feel the unbreakable chain
      B                   E
Mama feel the unbreakable chain

[Verse 6]
    A                                                 E
You can't believe that it's now, it's turned itself around
       A                                                              E
You're frightened of the way that you look, but you meet him there in town
       B                                 E
Oh the joy and the fear of the unfailable pain
                B                      E      E
The joy and the fear of the unfailable pain

[Verse 7]
   A                                                E
He stares at you and you step back and no words are spoken
        A                                            E
You say hello to your boy and he says, "Mama, you've awoken"
   B                                    E
Ah yes, you have broken the unbreakable chain
              B                      E
Yes, you have broken the unbreakable chain
         B                      E
You have broken the unbreakable chain
               B                      E
Yeah, you have broken the unbreakable chain