UNCHAIN MY HEART
(Teddy Powell /  Bobby Sharp)

Otis Williams - 1960
Ray Charles - 1961
The Rivingtons - 1962
Carl Holmes & The Crusaders - 1962
Aki Aleong & His Licorice Twisters - 1962
Trini Lopez - 1963
Nancy Wilson - 1964
Normie Rowe - 1965
Vince Hill - 1966
Joe Cocker - 1987
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - 2009

Also recorded by:
Dan Potter; Shirley Johnson; De Maskers; The Renegades; Hugh Laurie;
Paul Mauriat; The Apostles; The Inmates; Herbie Mann; The Undertakers; 
Natasha Miller; Johnny Watson; Daniel Boaventura; Emmerson Nogueira;
Beverley Skeete; Sandy Nelson; Sal Davis ....... and many others.




As recorded by RAY CHARLES:

Unchain my heart, baby let me be
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't care about me
You got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you let my love go to waste
So unchain my heart, oh, baby, set me free

Unchain my heart, baby let me go
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't love me no more
Ev'ry time I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me that you're not at home so
Unchain my heart, oh, baby, set me free

I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance
But I know darn well that I don't stand a chance so

So unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart, oh, baby, et me free

(Instrumental Break)

I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance
Woh, you know darn well that I don't stand a chance

So unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart, baby, set me free (Please set me free)
Oh, won't you set me free (Please set me free)
Woh, set me free (Please set me free)
Woow, set me free, little girl (Please set me free)
Oh, won't you set me free


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As recorded by THE RIVINGTONS:

Unchain my heart and let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
You've got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you let my time go to waste
So unchain my heart and set me free

Unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, I'm worried night and day
Ev'ry time I call you on the phone
Fellahs tell me that you ain't home
So unchain my heart and set me free

Well, I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
Girl, I know darn well that I don't have a chance

Get away from my heart and let me go my way
Oh, unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
You got me livin' in misery
But you don't give a sack o' beans for me
So unchain my heart and set me free

(Instrumental Break)

I said I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
Woah, I know darn well that I don't stand a chance

Get away from my heart and let me go my way
Oh, unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
You got me livin' in misery
But you don't give a sack o' beans for me
So unchain my heart and set me free

Oh, won't you set me free (Won't you set me free)
Yeah, set me free (Oh, won't you set me free)
Now set me free, little girl (Set me free)
Won't you set me free (Won't you set me free)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2017)