Ball And Chain - Big Brother & The Holding Company

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[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!

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