Swinging the Chain
Black Sabbath * Track #9 On Never Say Die!
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Swinging the Chain by Black Sabbath
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Black SabbathWrited by
Bill Ward & Ozzy Osbourne & Tony Iommi & Geezer ButlerAbout
“Swinging the Chain” is a Black Sabbath rarety, the song was sung by Bill Ward, the drummer, because Ozzy Osbourne didn’t want to sing this one. The song uses war themes to talk about the in band’s situation at the time—they were almost breaking up—especially on the chorus:
And we’re sad and sorry
...
Swinging the Chain Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's against my uniform
To be a civil judge
All the songs are history now
'Bout rock stars and their grudge
Let us cast our minds back
To thirty years or more
You talk of all the vandals
Well Hitler beat 'em all
[Chorus]
And we're sad and sorry
We're really sorry that it happened that way
Yes, we're so, so sorry
But why'd you have to treat us that way?
[Verse 2]
Compare ourselves with others
And cover them in sin
Oh God what a terrible
A terrible state we're in
There must be some way out of here
A compromise that's right
If we cannot work it out
We're gonna have to fight
[Chorus]
And we're so sorry
We're really sorry that it happened that way
Yes, we're sad and sorry
We cannot go on in those days
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I'm talking about my brothers
Yeah, I'm talking 'bout sisters as well
And I wish you good luck
Good luck
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Oh, but the world's still on fire
(You gotta believe it, you gotta believe it, you better believe it, you gotta believe it)
Chain the hope you take on, liar
(You better believe it, you gotta believe it, you better believe it, you gotta believe it)
This fire
(You gotta believe it, you better believe it, you gotta believe it, you gotta believe it)
We're on fire, we're on fire
(You better believe it, you gotta believe it, you gotta believe it, you gotta believe it)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You better believe it, you gotta believe it, you gotta believe it, you gotta believe it...)
Swinging the Chain Q&A
Who wrote Swinging the Chain's ?
Swinging the Chain was written by Bill Ward & Ozzy Osbourne & Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler.
Who produced Swinging the Chain's ?
Swinging the Chain was produced by Black Sabbath.
When did Black Sabbath release Swinging the Chain?
Black Sabbath released Swinging the Chain on Thu Sep 28 1978.
What did Black Sabbath say about "Swinging the Chain"?
Bill Ward had to sing on one track [“Swinging the Chain”] because Ozzy refused to sing it. We ended up having to write in the day so we could record in the evening, and we never had time to review the tracks and make changes. As a result, the album sounds very confused.
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