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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
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                                      Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE MajorE|---14-17-17h19p17|19b21~~~-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21|19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b22-19b22-19b22-19b22|
Chord diagramBB|17---------------|19b21~~~------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                      Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------19b20--19b20-19b-17~~----------|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|19pbr22-------------------------17b--17\|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------17b--17\|4b6~~--4b6-4~-4~-2b----4/6-6~~---2-4-2-4b6|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------|--------------------4---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                      Chord diagramC#7C#7                               Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4|3--3b-3-3-3-3-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|-------4---4b6-4pbr6--4/6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5|4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4b6--2h4|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|-----3---3-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------2|2/4~-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|2--5b7--5-2--0-2---2-5--|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                       Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC#7C#7
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------2-5-7b9-7-5---5--|14b17-14pb17-14pb17-12----14-17-19b21-19-17h19--17b----|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------2-------------7---7|-----------------------14---------------------------17\|
Chord diagramG+G|2~~--4b6-4pb6-4pbr6-2-4--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Sitting down by my window
Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Chord diagramB minorBm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
                  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
Chord diagramC#7C#7                             Chord diagramC7C7      Chord diagramB minorBm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
        Chord diagramA5A5 Chord diagramG#5G#5          Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Chord diagramB minorBm
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
Chord diagramC#7C#7
Honey, just dragging me down
Verse:

Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                         Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                                        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
               Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why
         Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Why does every thing, every thing
     Chord diagramC#7C#7                 Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramB minorBm
Hey, here you gone today,   I wanted to love you
                                                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long
Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramC7C7
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Feels     just like a ball and chain
Chord diagramB minorBm
Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah
             Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Feels like a ball and chain
Chord diagramC#7C#7                                                Chord diagramC7C7
I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
Chord diagramB minorBm                                              Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much pain
     Chord diagramB minorBm                               Chord diagramC#7C#7
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!

Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                         Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                                                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah
           Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you
       Chord diagramF# minorF#m
When I need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey hey
Chord diagramC#7C#7                     Chord diagramC7C7
Hear you've gone today
Chord diagramB minorBm
I wanted to love you and hold you
                Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Until the day I die
Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramC#7C#7
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!


Solo:

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                              Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|16b18~--16b18-16-16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pb18-16|16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pbr18-16b18-16pb18-16pbr18-16|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                                                                           tremolo v
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord diagramG+G|16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19\
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|4br6~~----4-2-4-2~~--4b6---4-2-4-2-----------2b-4b6-4pbr6-4-2~-4b6\|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------4--------------------------4-2-4-2-4-----------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m                            Chord diagramC#7C#7
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------|--------5-7b9-7-5~----------9-8-7----9-8-7|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------|----5-7------------7h9p7h9--------7-------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------2-4b6-4-2-4|4/6---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------2/4~-------------|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|4-2------2-4------------------|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----5~~-----------------------|------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramB minorBm                                         Chord diagramF# minorF#m                 Chord diagramB minorBm
Chord diagramE 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--------------|
Chord diagramBB|7--------7-------7---------7-------7------|5/7---------7-----------------7---------7-5-7-7------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------6\4p2|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramC#7C#7
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|4b6-4br6p2-4~-4b7-----2h4-4brbrbr7|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------2h4-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------|

          Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
         Chord diagramB minorBm                             Chord diagramF# 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
              Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
                              Chord diagramF# 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
   Chord diagramC#7C#7                  Chord diagramC7C7     Chord diagramB minorBm
Oh, hear you gone today    and all I ever wanted to do
       Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramB minorBm
Was to love you
Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
Chord diagramC#7C#7
Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no


Chorus:

Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Sitting down by my window
Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Chord diagramB minorBm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
                  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
Chord diagramC#7C#7                             Chord diagramC7C7      Chord diagramB minorBm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
        Chord diagramA5A5 Chord diagramG#5G#5          Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Chord diagramB minorBm
Yes it did babe,
                            Chord diagramC#7C#7
And I'm gonna tell you this one more time, hey, hey


Outro:

          Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
           Chord diagramB minorBm                   Chord diagramF# 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!
          Chord diagramB minorBm
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
                    Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Now now now now now now now now now, no no, not in vain
     Chord diagramC#7C#7                                        Chord diagramC7C7
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
Chord diagramB 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
Chord diagramF# 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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