Ball And Chain - Big Brother & The Holding Company
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Intro Solo]
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[Verse 1]
Sitting down b
y my window
Honey, looking
out at the ra
in
Lord, Lord, Lo
rd, sitting do
wn by my windo
w
Baby, looking
out at the rai
n
Something came
along, grabbe
d a hold of me
And it felt ju
st like a ball
and chain
Honey, that's
exactly what i
t felt like
Honey, just dr
agging me down
[Verse 2]
And I say, oh,
whoa, whoa, n
ow hun, tell m
e why
Why does every
single little
tiny thing I
hold on goes w
rong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
And I say, oh,
whoa, whoa, n
ow babe, tell
me why
Why does every
thing, every
thing
Hey, here you
gone today,
I wanted to lo
ve you
Honey, I just
wanted to hold
you, I said,
for so long
Yeah! Alright!
Hey!
[Verse 3]
Love's got a h
old on me, bab
y
Feels just
like a ball a
nd chain
Now, love's ju
st dragging me
down, baby, y
eah
Feels like a b
#
all and chain
I hope there's
someone out t
here who could
tell me
Why the man I
love wants to
leave me in so
much pain
Yeah, maybe, m
aybe you could
help me, come
on, help me!
[Verse 4]
And I say, oh,
whoa, whoa, n
ow hun, tell m
e why
Now tell me, t
ell me, tell m
e, tell me, te
ll me, tell me
why, yeah
And I say, oh,
whoa, whoa, w
hoa, when I as
k you
When I need to
know why, com
e on tell me w
hy, hey hey he
y
Hear you've go
ne today
I wanted to lo
ve you and hol
d you
Until the day
I die
I said whoa, w
hoa, whoa!!
[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
And I say oh,
whoa, whoa, no
honey
It isn't fair,
daddy it isn'
t fair what yo
u 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 g
one today and
all I ever wan
ted to do
Was to love yo
u
Honey and I th
ink there can
be nothing wro
ng with that
Only it isn't
wrong, no, no,
no, no, no
[Verse 6]
Sitting down b
y my window
Honey, looking
out at the ra
in
Lord, Lord, Lo
rd, sitting do
wn by my windo
w
Baby, looking
out at the rai
n
Something came
along, grabbe
d a hold of me
And it felt li
ke a ball and
chain
Yes, it did ba
be,
And I'm gonna
tell you this
one more time,
hey, hey
[Verse 7/Ending]
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 no
w now now now
now now, no no
, not in vain
Hey, hope ther
e is someone t
hat could tell
me
Hun, tell me w
hy
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
Yeah!