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Ball And Chain easy guitar chords by 
Big Brother & The Holding CompanyJanis Joplin
Intro 1
Dm
Gm
Dm
Dm
Gm
Gm
Dm
Dm
Am
Gm
Dm
Gm
A
Verse 1
Dm
Gm
Sitting down by the window
Dm
Honey, looking out at the rain
Lord, lord, lord
Gm
Sitting down by the window
Dm
Baby, looking out at the rain
Am
Some' came along,
Gm
grabbed a hold of me
F
E
Dm
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Gm
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
A
Honey, just dragging me down
Chorus 1
Dm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Gm
now hun, tell me why
Why does every single little tiny thing
Dm
I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
Gm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now babe, tell me why
Dm
Why's eve- ry thing, every thing
Am
Hey, hear you gone today,
Gm
I wanted to love you
Honey, I just wanted to hold you,
Dm
Gm
I said, for so long
A
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Verse 2
Dm
Gm
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Dm
Feels just like a ball and chain
Gm
Now, love's just dragging me down,
baby, yeah
Dm
Feels like a ball and chain
Am
I hope there's someone out there
who could tell me
Gm
Why the man I love wants to leave me
Dm
in so much pain
Gm
A
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me,
come on, help me!
Chorus 2
Dm
And I'll say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Gm
now hun, tell me why
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me,
Dm
tell me, tell me why, yeah
Gm
And I'll say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
when I ask you
Dm
When I need to know why,
come on tell me why, hey hey hey
Am
Hear you gone today,
Gm
I wanted to love you and hold you
Dm
Gm
Until the day I die
A
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
Solo 1
Dm
Gm
Dm
Dm
Gm
Gm
Dm
Dm
Am
Gm
Dm
Gm
A
Chorus 3
Dm
And I'll say oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now hun
Gm
Dm
It ain't fair, now daddy it ain't fair what you do
I said honey what you're doing to me
and you know it ain't fair
Gm
And I'll say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now baby
Dm
It ain't fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hun it ain't what,
hun it ain't fair what you do
Am
Oh, hear you gone today
Gm
and all I ever wanted to do
Dm
Was to love you
Gm
Honey I just know
A
there can't be nothing wrong with that
Verse 3
Honey it ain't wrong, no, no, no, no, no
Dm
Gm
Sitting down by the window
Dm
Looking out the rain
Gm
Lord, lord, lord
Sitting down by the window
Dm
Looking out the rain, see the rain
Am
Some' came along,
Gm
grabbed a hold of me
F
E
Dm
And it felt like a ball and chain
Gm
And I'm gonna tell you
A
just one more time, yeah, yeah
Chorus 4
Dm
And I'll say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now baby
Gm
Dm
This can't be, no this can't be in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
Gm
And I'll say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now now now now
Dm
now now now, now, now, no no, not in vain
Am
Hey, oh, I though you could tell me
Gm
Hun, tell me why
Oh, 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
Dm
Yeah!
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