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Ballad Of A Lonely Man Acoustic chords by Ness Mike

Chords with lyrics

Capo 1

This is an acoustic version that Ness often played often during radio station interviews
during his “Cheating At Solitaire” tour. My recording is from 2000, and if anyone wants
the mp3, just let me know. Capo the 1st fret, and this chord chart is 100% accurate.

The trick to playing this song acoustically is to capture Mike’s (very fast) version of
Johnny Cash’s “boom-chicka-chicka-boom-chicka-chicka” strum.

I have an acoustic recording of Ness doing this solo, (from 1999), and if anyone wants
the mp3, just let me know.

[email protected]
VERSE 1

Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I'm young and I'm strong,
             Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls.
          Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
              Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
Ain't no one now, gonna take it from me

VERSE 2

Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
I was a soldier, age twenty-one
     Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramG+G
In a war not sure what I was fighting for
          Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
                      Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye to innocence, and a sweet sixteen


NOTE:
To get a smooth flow entering the chorus, walk down from Chord diagramG+G to Em:

Strum the Chord diagramG+G chord, then Pick 6th String 3rd Fret, then 6th String 2nd Fret, then strum
the Chord diagramE minorEm chord.)

CHORUS:

Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD
My whole life, I could not arrange
Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
My wicked ways, I could never change
Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
Don't try, don't try now, to understand

                   Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man

VERSE 3

Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
Close to me, is a photograph
     Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
Of a family left far, far behind
          Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
Ah, once I had love, it slipped away from
               Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G
I searched a lifetime, but I could not find
VERSE 4
Chord diagramG+G
In a hospital bed, I'm violently ill

Just one more drink nurse I swear to God

I've got my St. Anthony and my whiskey

Yes I'm a veteran of three foreign wars.

CHORUS

Play the chorus once, then, after “Don’t try, don’t try now, to understand.”
 repeat last line of chorus three more times:

Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man,
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
This is ballad, of a lonely man,
Chord diagramG+G           	    Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G
This is the ballad, of a lone-ly man

G-D-G Finish with a hard strum on D.


As I said, if you want the mp3 of Ness playing this version,
e-mail me. Enjoy.

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