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@kyuss
Sounds like my chain when it's a bit too tight. Maybe loosen it off a tiny bit and like others have said get some good thick oil on there, that'll shut it up.
But I also agree with Mobidog. That chain is definitely on the wrong way. Flat edge should be on the outside (designed for grinding an' that so the links don't get caught and destroyed on ledges etc). I had a Gusset Slink chain like that and although the teeth and pins may be symmetrical like Fruitbat says, the side plates aren't and from experience they don't like being run that way round. Not sure if it'll sort the noise (not that it sounds too drastic), but for aesthetics sake if nothing else put it the way it was designed to be.