Lucky Ball And Chain chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
 G+G      E minorEm
I lost my lucky ball & chain
  C majorC          D MajorD
And now she's four years gone
   G+G         E minorEm
Just five feet tall and sick of me
  C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
And all my rattling on
  G+G       E minorEm
She threw away her baby-doll
 C majorC       D MajorD
I held on to my pride
  G+G        E minorEm
But I was young and foolish then
    C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
I feel old and foolish now.

B7B7 Give it a listen to get the strum down.:


Chorus:
   C majorC               G+G
Confidentially, she never called me baby-doll
   C majorC              G+G
Confidentially, I never had much pride
  C majorC              G+G
But now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two
   D MajorD       C majorC        D MajorD
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind.


Verse 2:
 G+G       E minorEm
I lost my lucky ball & chain
  C majorC          D MajorD
And now she's four years gone
   G+G         E minorEm
Just five feet tall and sick of me
  C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
And all my rattling on
  G+G         E minorEm
She walked away from a happy man.
 C majorC        D MajorD
I thought I was so cool.
G+G         E minorEm
I just stood there whistling
    C majorC          D MajorD         G+G    E minorEm
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
    C majorC         D MajorD         G+G (strum 3 times and pause for a 1-beat rest.)
There goes the bride as she walked out the door

Bridge:
[h = hammer on, but in live performances, he often just plucks them individually. The D7D7 moving up 3 frets is
how they play it live; it's a little different on the album recording.]

       (D7D7)
e|-------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11------|
BB|-------------|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-10------|
G+G|-------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11------|
D MajorD|---------0h2-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----0h2-----|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|--3----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Verse 3:
G+G        E minorEm
I could shake my tiny fist
  C majorC       D MajorD
And swear I wasn't wrong,
  G+G          E minorEm
But what's the sense in arguing
C majorC      D MajorD  G+G
When you're all alone?
G+G         E minorEm
Sure as you can't steer a train
C majorC           D MajorD
You can't change your fate
G+G        E minorEm
When she told me off that day
C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
I knew I'd lost my home.


B7B7


Chorus:
   C majorC               G+G
Confidentially, she never called me baby-doll
   C majorC              G+G
Confidentially, I never had much pride
  C majorC              G+G
But now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two
   D MajorD       C majorC        D MajorD
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind.


Repeat 2nd verse:
  G+G      E minorEm
I lost my lucky ball & chain
   C majorC          D MajorD
And now she's four years gone
   G+G         E minorEm
Just five feet tall and sick of me
   C majorC       G+G
And all my rattling on
   G+G         E minorEm
She walked away from a happy man.
  C majorC        D MajorD
I thought I was so cool.
G+G          E minorEm
I just stood there whistling
    C majorC          D MajorD         G+G     E minorEm
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
    C majorC         D MajorD          G+G     E minorEm
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
   C majorC         D MajorD          G+G
There goes the bride as she walked out the door.


[The song fades out on the album; in the live performances they usually end on G. I like to end by strumming