Lucky Ball And Chain chords by They Might Be Giants

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

B7 Give it a listen to get the strum down.:


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


Verse 2:
 G       Em
I lost my lucky ball & chain
  C          D
And now she's four years gone
   G         Em
Just five feet tall and sick of me
  C   D    G
And all my rattling on
  G         Em
She walked away from a happy man.
 C        D
I thought I was so cool.
G         Em
I just stood there whistling
    C          D         G    Em
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
    C         D         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 D7 moving up 3 frets is
how they play it live; it's a little different on the album recording.]

       (D7)
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------|
B|-------------|-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|-------------|-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|---------0h2-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----0h2-----|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--3----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


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


B7


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


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