Chords - v1 - Ball And Chain

Chords - v1

Ball And Chain
Chords v1

F#m                                                     Bm                                               F#m  

Sitting down by my window. Honey, looking out at the rain

Bm                                                                                                                               F#m

Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window Baby, looking out at the rain

C#7                                                                               Bm                A5   G#5                                   F#m            

Something came along, grabbed a hold of me And it felt just like a ball and chain

Bm         C#7

            Honey, just dragging me down

 

And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong?

And I say, oh, whoa whoa, now babe, tell me why Why does everything, everything

Hey, here you gone today,   I wanted to love you    Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long 

Yeah! Alright! Hey!

 

Love's got a hold on me, baby Feels just like a ball and chain

Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah Feels like a ball and chain

I hope there's someone out there who could tell me Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much pain

Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!

 

And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah

And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you When I need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey

Hear you've gone today I wanted to love you and hold you Until the day I die 

I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!

 

Solo

 

And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey It isn't fair, daddy it isn't fair what you do. I see what you're doing to me and you know it isn't fair

And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby It isn't fair, now, now, now, what you do. I said hun it isn't fair what, hun it isn't fair what you do

Oh, hear you gone today    and all I ever wanted to do Was to love you

Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no

 

Sitting down by my window Honey, looking out at the rain

Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window Baby, looking out at the rain

Something came along, grabbed a hold of me And it felt just like a ball and chain

Yes it did babe, And I'm gonna tell you this one more time, hey, hey

 

And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby This can't be, no this can't be in vain And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!

And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Now now now now now now now now now, no no, not in vain

         C#7                                                                                                       Bm         

Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me 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 (no C# at the end.)

(lots of good tabs out there for leads)

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Type: Chords

Version: 1

Created: 8/21/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

Status: Active

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