Ball and Chain Chords by Big Brother The Holding Company

[Start]

[Intro]
F#m C#7 B E F#7 E B7 C#m
■   ■   ■ ■ ■   ■ ■  ■  
A B7 A C#7 F#7 C#7 F#7 B7
■ ■  ■ ■   ■   ■   ■   ■ 
F#7 B7 G#7 C#7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
■   ■  ■   ■   ■   ■    ■  


[Verse]
        C#7        F#7    B7
Sittin' down by my window ■ 
              E   F#7        
Honey lookin' out at the rain
C#7 F#m A Bm
■   ■   ■ ■ 
                                  B7    
Lord Lord Lord sittin' down by my window
                 F#m        
Baby lookin' out at the rain
F#7 C#m C#7 F#m B A
■   ■   ■   ■   ■ ■
C#m       C#7                       B7   
Somethin' came along grabbed a hold of me
                                 F#m   B
And it felt just like a ball and chain ■
C#m                           F#m         
■   Honey that's exactly what it felt like
           B               
Honey just dragging me down
          B                                
And I say oh whoa whoa now hon' tell me why


[Chorus]
F#7                                                             
■   Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong
F#m  B7 F#7    B7     Bm             
Yeah ■  ■   it ■  all goes wrong yeah
      B7     Bm        B7                  
And I say oh whoa whoa now babe tell me why
    F#m                         
Why does every thing every thing
Bsus4 A B7 C#7
■     ■ ■  ■  
                  C#m            B          
Hey here you gone today I wanted to love you
                                       B7     F#7 
Honey I just wanted to hold you I said for so long
     B       B7 C#m F#7    
Yeah Alright ■  ■   ■   Hey


[Verse]
       F#m              C#m  C#7 B7
Love's got a hold on me baby ■   ■ 
                  C#7      F#7  
Feels just like a ball and chain
F#m C#m E F#m A
■   ■   ■ ■   ■
    Bm                              Bm7       Bm
Now ■  love's just draggin' me down baby yeah ■ 
Bm7                   F#m  
Feels like a ball and chain
A B7             C#m                   B            
■ I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
        B7                        E          F#m 
Why the man I love wanna leave me in so much pain


[Chorus]
     Bm C#m                 F#7                   Bm     
Yeah ■  ■   maybe maybe you could help me come on help me
          B7                               
And I say oh whoa whoa now hon' tell me why
                 F#m                                        
Now tell me tell me tell me tell me tell me tell me why yeah
F#7   Bm               B7                    
And I say oh whoa whoa ■  whoa when I ask you
            B7                                       
When I need to know why c'mon tell me why hey hey hey
     F#m    F#m7 B7 F#7            C#7
Here you've ■    ■  ■   gone today ■  


[Solo]
C#m             Bm                   
■   I wanted to love you and hold you
               Bm 
Till the day I die
       F#m  B Bm       
I said whoa ■ whoa whoa
C#m C#7 B7 C#7 F#7 B7 B B7
■   ■   ■  ■   ■   ■  ■ ■ 
F#7 C#7 B7 F#m Bm B7 C#m
■   ■   ■  ■   ■  ■  ■  


[Verse]
          F#7                  
And I say oh whoa whoa no honey
B7                                         F#m
It ain't fair daddy it ain't fair what you do 
      C#7                                  A            
I see what you're doin' to me and you know it ain't fair
      A                        
And I say oh whoa whoa now baby
         F#7      B7  Bm             
It ain't fair now now now what you do
                                                           F#m F#7
I said hon' it ain't fair what hon' it ain't fair what you do  ■  
B7                            F#7   B7   C#m             
■  Oh here you gone today and all I ever ■   wanted to do
            F#7
Was to love you
C#7   C#m                   B                         
Honey an' I think there can be nothing wrong with that
        Bm                E     F#m
Only it ain't wrong no no no no no 
A Bm Bm7 C#m F#m
■ ■  ■   ■   ■  
             F#m   C#m    B
Sittin' down by my window ■
B       B7 F#7      C#m7
Lookin' at the rain ■   
F#7                E       C#m7 F#7 B7            Bm    
■   Lord Lord Lord sittin' ■    ■   ■  down by my window
Bm                  F#7         
Lookin' at the rain see the rain
F#7 B7 F#7 C#m7 B7 C#7
■   ■  ■   ■    ■  ■  
                                       B 
Somethin' came along grabbed a hold of me
B7                      E   F#7   B
And it felt like a ball and chain ■
C#m F#7                         
■   ■   Oh this can't be in vain


[Chorus]
        B7 F#m7       F#7                                   B7 F#7
And I'm ■  ■    gonna tell you one just more time yeah yeah ■  ■  
      B7                       
And I say oh whoa whoa now baby
           B7                         
This can't be no this can't be in vain
                            F#m       
And I say no no no no no no no no whoa
                         F#m7     
And I say whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
                        E   F#m C#m                          
Now now now now now now now ■   ■   now now no no not in vain
    C#7        C#m Bm           N.C.         
Hey hope there is  someone that could tell me
N.C.            
Hon' tell me why
N.C.                         
Hon' tell me why love is like
N.C.            
Just like a ball


[Outro]
          F#m F#m7       
Just like ■   ■    a ball
                                               N.C. 
Baaaaaaalllll Oh daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy


[End]