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Ball And Chain by Janis Joplin

Ball And Chain tab by Janis Joplin

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    Ball & Chain - Big Brother and the Holding Company
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               v these are all tremolo picked, so there is a lot more
 F# minorF#m                           B minorBm
E MajorE|---14-17-17h19p17|19b21~~~-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21|19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b22-19b22-19b22-19b22|
BB|17---------------|19b21~~~------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

 F# minorF#m                   B minorBm
E MajorE|---------19b20--19b20-19b-17~~----------|------------------------------------------|
BB|19pbr22-------------------------17b--17\|------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------17b--17\|4b6~~--4b6-4~-4~-2b----4/6-6~~---2-4-2-4b6|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|--------------------4---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

 F# minorF#m           C#7C#7                C7C7  B minorBm
E MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4|3--3b-3-3-3-3-------------|
G+G|------------------------|-------4---4b6-4pbr6--4/6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5|4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4b6--2h4|
D MajorD|------------------------|-----3---3-----------------------------|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------2|2/4~-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|2--5b7--5-2--0-2---2-5--|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|

 F# minorF#m            B minorBm         C#7C#7
E MajorE|--------------------------2-5-7b9-7-5---5--|14b17-14pb17-14pb17-12----14-17-19b21-19-17h19--17b----|
BB|------------------------2-------------7---7|-----------------------14---------------------------17\|
G+G|2~~--4b6-4pb6-4pbr6-2-4--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

F# minorF#m
Sitting down by my window
B minorBm         F# minorF#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
B minorBm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
         F# minorF#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7C#7               C7C7   B minorBm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
    A5A5 G#5G#5     F# minorF#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
B minorBm
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
C#7C#7
Honey, just dragging me down

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F# minorF#m                     B minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                    F# minorF#m
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
        B minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why
     F# minorF#m
Why does every thing, every thing
   C#7C#7         C7C7 B minorBm
Hey, here you gone today,  I wanted to love you
                         F# minorF#m
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long
B minorBm  C7C7
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

F# minorF#m
Love's got a hold on me, baby
B minorBm  F# minorF#m
Feels   just like a ball and chain
B minorBm
Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah
       F# minorF#m
Feels like a ball and chain
C#7C#7                        C7C7
I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
B minorBm                       F# minorF#m
Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much pain
   B minorBm                C#7C#7
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!

F# minorF#m                     B minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                         F# minorF#m
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah
      B minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you
    F# minorF#m
When I need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey hey
C#7C#7           C7C7
Hear you've gone today
B minorBm
I wanted to love you and hold you
        F# minorF#m
Until the day I die
B minorBm   C#7C#7
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!


Solo:

 F# minorF#m                       B minorBm
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|16b18~--16b18-16-16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pb18-16|16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pbr18-16b18-16pb18-16pbr18-16|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

 F# minorF#m                                              tremolo v
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G|16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19\
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 B minorBm
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
G+G|4br6~~----4-2-4-2~~--4b6---4-2-4-2-----------2b-4b6-4pbr6-4-2~-4b6\|
D MajorD|--------4--------------------------4-2-4-2-4-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 F# minorF#m              C#7C#7
E MajorE|------------------------------|--------5-7b9-7-5~----------9-8-7----9-8-7|
BB|------------------------------|----5-7------------7h9p7h9--------7-------|
G+G|-------------------2-4b6-4-2-4|4/6---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------2/4~-------------|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|4-2------2-4------------------|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----5~~-----------------------|------------------------------------------|

 B minorBm                     F# minorF#m         B minorBm
E MajorE|---9-9-7---9-8-7---9-9-8-7---9-8-7---9-8-7|----9-8-7-9---7/9-9-9\7p5-7-5---7b9-7-5--------------|
BB|7--------7-------7---------7-------7------|5/7---------7-----------------7---------7-5-7-7------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------6\4p2|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

 C#7C#7
E MajorE|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|
G+G|4b6-4br6p2-4~-4b7-----2h4-4brbrbr7|
D MajorD|------------------2h4-------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

     F# minorF#m
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
     B minorBm               F# minorF#m
It isn't fair, daddy it isn't fair what you do
I see what you're doing to me and you know it isn't fair
       B minorBm
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
               F# minorF#m
It isn't fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hun it isn't fair what, hun it isn't fair what you do
  C#7C#7         C7C7   B minorBm
Oh, hear you gone today  and all I ever wanted to do
    F# minorF#m   B minorBm
Was to love you
Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
C#7C#7
Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no


Chorus:

F# minorF#m
Sitting down by my window
B minorBm         F# minorF#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
B minorBm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
         F# minorF#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7C#7               C7C7   B minorBm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
    A5A5 G#5G#5     F# minorF#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
B minorBm
Yes it did babe,
              C#7C#7
And I'm gonna tell you this one more time, hey, hey


Outro:

     F# minorF#m
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
      B minorBm          F# minorF#m
This can't be, no this can't be in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
     B minorBm
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
          F# minorF#m
Now now now now now now now now now, no no, not in vain
   C#7C#7                    C7C7
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
B minorBm
Hun, tell me why
Hun, tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Ball
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain
F# minorF#m
Yeah!


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato

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