Ball and Chain — Big Brother & The Holding Company
Chords and lyrics for Ball and Chain by Big Brother & The Holding Company (key of F#m).
Intro Solo
| F#m | Bm | F#m | F#m |
| Bm | Bm | F#m | F#m |
| C#7 | Bm | F#m Bm | C#7 |
Verse 1
[F#m]Sitting down by my window
[Bm]Honey, looking out [F#m]at the rain
[Bm]Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
Baby, looking out [F#m]at the rain
[C#7]Something came along, grabbed a [C7]hold of [Bm]me
And it felt[A5] just [G#5]like a ball and [F#m]chain
[Bm]Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
[C#7]Honey, just dragging me down
Verse 2
[F#m]And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me [Bm]why
Why does every single little tiny thing [F#m]I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
And I say, oh, [Bm]whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why
Why does [F#m]every thing, every thing
Hey, [C#7]here you gone today,[C7] [Bm]I wanted to love you
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so [F#m]long
[Bm]Yeah! [C7]Alright! Hey!
Verse 3
[F#m]Love's got a hold on me, baby
[Bm]Feels [F#m] just like a ball and chain
[Bm]Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah
Feels like a [F#m]ball and chain
[C#7]I hope there's someone out there who could tell me[C7]
[Bm]Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much [F#m]pain
Yeah,[Bm] maybe, maybe you could help me, [C#7]come on, help me!
Verse 4
[F#m]And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me [Bm]why
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, [F#m]tell me why, yeah
And I say, [Bm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you
When I [F#m]need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey hey
[C#7]Hear you've gone today[C7]
[Bm]I wanted to love you and hold you
Until the day I [F#m]die
[Bm]I said [C#7]whoa, whoa, whoa!!
Solo
| F#m | Bm | F#m | F#m |
| Bm | Bm | F#m | F#m |
| C#7 | Bm | F#m Bm | C#7 |
Verse 5
And I say [F#m]oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
It isn't [Bm]fair, daddy it isn't fair what [F#m]you do
I see what you're doing to me and you know it isn't fair
And I say oh, [Bm]whoa whoa now baby
It isn't fair, now, now, now, [F#m]what you do
I said hun it isn't fair what, hun it isn't fair what you do
Oh,[C#7] hear you gone today and all[C7] I [Bm]ever wanted to do
Was to [F#m]love you
[Bm]Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
[C#7]Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no
Verse 6
[F#m]Sitting down by my window
[Bm]Honey, looking out [F#m]at the rain
[Bm]Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
Baby, looking out [F#m]at the rain
[C#7]Something came along, grabbed a [C7]hold of [Bm]me
And it felt[A5] like [G#5]a ball and [F#m]chain
Yes, it [Bm]did babe,
And I'm gonna tell you this [C#7]one more time, hey, hey
Verse 7/Ending
And I say[F#m] oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This can't [Bm]be, no this can't be [F#m]in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
And I say [Bm]whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now now now now now [F#m]now now now now, no no, not in vain
Hey, [C#7]hope there is someone that could tell me[C7]
[Bm]Hun, tell me why
N.C.
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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