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Ball And Chain Chords

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[Intro 1]
[Dm][Gm]
[Dm][Dm]
[Gm][Gm]
[Dm][Dm]
[Am][Gm]
[Dm][Gm][A]

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Sitting down by the wind[Gm]ow
Honey, looking out [Dm]at the rain
Lord, lord, lord
[Gm]Sitting down by the window
Baby, looking [Dm]out at the rain
[Am]Some' came along,
grabbed a hold of [Gm]me
And it [F]felt just [E]like a ball and [Dm]chain
Honey, that's ex[Gm]actly what it felt like
[A]Honey, just dragging me down

[Chorus 1]
And I say, [Dm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now hun, tell me [Gm]why
Why does every single little tiny thing
I [Dm]hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
And I say, [Gm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now babe, tell me why
Why's [Dm]eve- ry thing, every thing
[Am]Hey, hear you gone today,
I wanted to [Gm]love you
Honey, I just wanted to hold you,
I said, for so [Dm]long[Gm]
[A]Yeah! Alright! Hey!

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Love's got a hold on me, baby[Gm]
[Dm]Feels just like a ball and chain
[Gm]Now, love's just dragging me down,
baby, yeah
Feels like a [Dm]ball and chain
[Am]I hope there's someone out there
who could tell me
Why the [Gm]man I love wants to leave me
in so much [Dm]pain
[Gm]Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help [A]me,
come on, help me!

[Chorus 2]
And I'll say, [Dm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now hun, tell me [Gm]why
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me,
[Dm]tell me, tell me why, yeah
And I'll [Gm]say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
when I ask you
When I [Dm]need to know why,
come on tell me why, hey hey hey
[Am]Hear you gone today,
I wanted to [Gm]love you and hold you
Until the day I [Dm]die[Gm]
I [A]said whoa, whoa, whoa!!

[Solo 1]
[Dm][Gm]
[Dm][Dm]
[Gm][Gm]
[Dm][Dm]
[Am][Gm]
[Dm][Gm][A]

[Chorus 3]
And I'll say [Dm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now hun
It ain't [Gm]fair, now daddy it ain't fair what [Dm]you do
I said honey what you're doing to me
and you know it ain't fair
And I'll [Gm]say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now baby
It ain't fair, now, now, now, what you [Dm]do
I said hun it ain't what,
hun it ain't fair what you do
[Am]Oh, hear you gone today
and all I [Gm]ever wanted to do
Was to [Dm]love you
[Gm]Honey I just know
there can't be nothing wrong [A]with that

[Verse 3]
Honey it ain't wrong, no, no, no, no, no
[Dm]Sitting down by the wind[Gm]ow
Looking [Dm]out the rain
[Gm]Lord, lord, lord
Sitting down by the window
[Dm]Looking out the rain, see the rain
[Am]Some' came along,
grabbed a [Gm]hold of me
And it [F]felt like [E]a ball and c[Dm]hain
[Gm]And I'm gonna tell you
[A]just one more time, yeah, yeah

[Chorus 4]
And I'll say, [Dm]oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
now baby
This can't [Gm]be, no this can't be in v[Dm]ain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
And I'll [Gm]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
Hun, tell me [Gm]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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