Ball And Chain tab by Janis Joplin
Guitar Tab
Difficulty: 0
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Ball & Chain - Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Tuning: EADGBe
v these are all tremolo picked, so there is a lot more
F#m Bm
E|---14-17-17h19p17|19b21~~~-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21|19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b22-19b22-19b22-19b22|
B|17---------------|19b21~~~------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
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F#m Bm
E|---------19b20--19b20-19b-17~~----------|------------------------------------------|
B|19pbr22-------------------------17b--17\|------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------17b--17\|4b6~~--4b6-4~-4~-2b----4/6-6~~---2-4-2-4b6|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------4---------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
F#m C#7 C7 Bm
E|------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4|3--3b-3-3-3-3-------------|
G|------------------------|-------4---4b6-4pbr6--4/6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5|4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4b6--2h4|
D|------------------------|-----3---3-----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-----------------------2|2/4~-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|2--5b7--5-2--0-2---2-5--|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
F#m Bm C#7
E|--------------------------2-5-7b9-7-5---5--|14b17-14pb17-14pb17-12----14-17-19b21-19-17h19--17b----|
B|------------------------2-------------7---7|-----------------------14---------------------------17\|
G|2~~--4b6-4pb6-4pbr6-2-4--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
F#m
Sitting down by my window
Bm F#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Bm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
F#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7 C7 Bm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
A5 G#5 F#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Bm
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
C#7
Honey, just dragging me down
Verse:
F#m Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
F#m
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why
F#m
Why does every thing, every thing
C#7 C7 Bm
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you
F#m
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long
Bm C7
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
F#m
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Bm F#m
Feels just like a ball and chain
Bm
Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah
F#m
Feels like a ball and chain
C#7 C7
I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
Bm F#m
Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much pain
Bm C#7
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!
F#m Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
F#m
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah
Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you
F#m
When I need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey hey
C#7 C7
Hear you've gone today
Bm
I wanted to love you and hold you
F#m
Until the day I die
Bm C#7
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
Solo:
F#m Bm
E|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|16b18~--16b18-16-16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pb18-16|16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pbr18-16b18-16pb18-16pbr18-16|
D|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
F#m tremolo v
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19\
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bm
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
G|4br6~~----4-2-4-2~~--4b6---4-2-4-2-----------2b-4b6-4pbr6-4-2~-4b6\|
D|--------4--------------------------4-2-4-2-4-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m C#7
E|------------------------------|--------5-7b9-7-5~----------9-8-7----9-8-7|
B|------------------------------|----5-7------------7h9p7h9--------7-------|
G|-------------------2-4b6-4-2-4|4/6---------------------------------------|
D|-------------2/4~-------------|------------------------------------------|
A|4-2------2-4------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----5~~-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
Bm F#m Bm
E|---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--------------|
B|7--------7-------7---------7-------7------|5/7---------7-----------------7---------7-5-7-7------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------6\4p2|
D|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
C#7
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|4b6-4br6p2-4~-4b7-----2h4-4brbrbr7|
D|------------------2h4-------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
F#m
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
Bm F#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
Bm
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
F#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#7 C7 Bm
Oh, hear you gone today and all I ever wanted to do
F#m Bm
Was to love you
Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
C#7
Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no
Chorus:
F#m
Sitting down by my window
Bm F#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Bm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
F#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7 C7 Bm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
A5 G#5 F#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Bm
Yes it did babe,
C#7
And I'm gonna tell you this one more time, hey, hey
Outro:
F#m
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
Bm F#m
This can't be, no this can't be in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
Bm
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
F#m
Now now now now now now now now now, no no, not in vain
C#7 C7
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
Bm
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#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 Last updated:
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