Ball And Chain chords by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Guitar chords with lyrics

Key: F# minorF#m


Intro Solo:

| F# minorF#m     | B minorBm      | F# minorF#m     | F# minorF#m     |
| B minorBm      | B minorBm      | F# minorF#m     | F# minorF#m     |
| C#7C#7     | B minorBm      | F# minorF#m B minorBm  | C#7C#7     |

Verse 1:

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


Verse 2:

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!

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Verse 3:

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!


Verse 4:

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      | F# minorF#m     | F# minorF#m     |
| B minorBm      | B minorBm      | F# minorF#m     | F# minorF#m     |
| C#7C#7     | B minorBm      | F# minorF#m B minorBm  | C#7C#7     |


Verse 5:

          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
Was to love you
B minorBm
Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
C#7C#7
Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no


Verse 6:

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 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


Verse 7/Ending:

         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
N.C.
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!