Biography:
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and band leader.
As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.
He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music ("I Can't Stop Loving You") to rock and roll ("Mess Around"), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of "America the Beautiful.
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Other songs:
- Baby Its Cold Outside
- Busted
- Crying Time
- Georgia On My Mind
- Hit The Road Jack
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I Got A Woman
- If You Go Away
- Lonely Avenue
- Mess Around
- Unchain My Heart
- You Don't Know Me
- Aint That Love
- Am I Blue
- America The Beautiful
- Baby Dont You Cry
- Born To Lose
- Bulldog Bite Hunker Down Hairy Dawg
- Careless Love
- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
- Come Back Baby
- Come Live With Me
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- Dont Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
- Drown In My Own Tears
- Ellie My Love
- Funny But I Still Love You
- Good Love Gone Bad
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I
- Here We Go Again
- I Can See Clearly Now
- I Cant Stop Loving You
- I Dont Need No Doctor
- I Got A Woman Part 1
- If I Could
- If I Were You
- If You Were Mine
- Im Going Down To The River
- Just For A Thrill
- Lets Go Get Stoned
- My First Night Alone Without You
- My Heart Cries For You
- No Letter Today
- Rays Blues
- Shake A Tail Feather
- Sinners Prayer
- So Help Me God
- Sunshine
- Take These Chains
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- Tell All The World About You
- Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
- That Lucky Old Sun
- That Spirit Of Christmas
- The Brightest Smile In Town
- The Jealous Kind
- Three Quarter Time
- Together Again
- Two Old Cats Like Us
- What Id Say
- What Would I Do Without You
- Without Love There Is Nothing
- You Always Miss The Water
- You Dont Know Me
- Your Cheatin Heart
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Take These Chains from My Heart:Ray Charles.
#3 AC, #7 R&B and #8 on BB HOt 100 on ABC
Records in 1963.
INTRO:
F Bb C
(Take these chains from my heart and set
F Bb F
me free.)
#1.
F
Take these chains from my heart and set
C
me free.
C
You've grown cold and no longer care for
F
me.
Bb F C F Bb
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches
F G
linger on.
C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.
#2.
Dm7 F Bb C
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see..
Dm7 F
just a spark of the love that used to be.
F F7 Bb
If you love somebody new, let me find a new
G
love, too.
C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.
INTERLUDE: F Dm7 C Gm7 Bb Gm7 C F Bb G
C Gm7 C F Bb F
#3.
Em7 F Dm7 C
Give my heart just a word of sympathy..(sympathy.)
C F
Be as fair to my heart as you can be..(you can be.)
(you can be.)
Bb F Bb
Then if you no longer care, for the love that's
G C
beating there..take these chains from my heart
F
and set me free.
OUTRO:
Db C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free,
Bb F
(set me free.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#3 AC, #7 R&B and #8 on BB HOt 100 on ABC
Records in 1963.
INTRO:
F Bb C
(Take these chains from my heart and set
F Bb F
me free.)
#1.
F
Take these chains from my heart and set
C
me free.
C
You've grown cold and no longer care for
F
me.
Bb F C F Bb
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches
F G
linger on.
C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.
#2.
Dm7 F Bb C
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see..
Dm7 F
just a spark of the love that used to be.
F F7 Bb
If you love somebody new, let me find a new
G
love, too.
C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.
INTERLUDE: F Dm7 C Gm7 Bb Gm7 C F Bb G
C Gm7 C F Bb F
#3.
Em7 F Dm7 C
Give my heart just a word of sympathy..(sympathy.)
C F
Be as fair to my heart as you can be..(you can be.)
(you can be.)
Bb F Bb
Then if you no longer care, for the love that's
G C
beating there..take these chains from my heart
F
and set me free.
OUTRO:
Db C F
Take these chains from my heart and set me free,
Bb F
(set me free.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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