Sentient Cement Coverpile - Social Distortion

Ball & Chain - Social Distortion

D-||-|| A-||-|| G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)||
D-||-D4D A-||-0A G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)|| (x2)
             D                             A                          G                             D
Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears and look at the mess I'm in
     D                          A                      G                     D
A broken nose and a broken heart, an empty bottle of gin
          D           A              G                  D
Well I sit and I pray in my broken down Chevrolet
                D               A              G                        D
While I'm singin' to myself there's got to be another way

            D             A              G                        D
Take a way, take away, take away this ball and chain
             D                  A               G                           D
Well I'm lonely and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain
           D              A            G              D
Take away, take away never to return again
          D               A               G     G(sust)
Take away, take away, take away-hey
N.C.                             D-||-|| A-||-|| G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)||
Take away this ball and chain

D-||-D4D A-||-0A G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)||
               D                        A                G                    D
Well I've searched and I've searched to find the perfect life
    D                             A                        G                         D
A brand new car and a brand new suit, I even got me a little wife
              D               A                G                          D
But wherever I have gone I'm still sure to find myself there
              D               A              G        D
You can run all your life but not go anywhere

           D              A               G                       D
Take away, take away, take away this ball and chain
                 D                 A              G                          D
'Cause I'm sick and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain
            D              A              G            D
Take away, take away, never to return again
          D               A               G     G(sust)
Take away, take away, take away-hey
         N.C.                   D-||-|| A-||-|| G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)||
Take away this ball and chain

D-||-D4D A-||-0A G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)|| (x2)
             D                           A              G             D
Well I passed a bar on the way to my dingy hotel room
   D                A                   G                                 D
I spent all my money, I been drinkin' since a-half past noon
         D                        A              G                            D
Will I wake there in the mornin' or maybe in the county jail
D                              A                          G                            D
Times are hard getting harder I'm born to lose and destined to fail

            D             A              G                        D
Take a way, take away, take away this ball and chain
             D                  A               G                           D
Well I'm lonely and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain
           D              A            G              D
Take away, take away never to return again
          D               A               G     G(sust)
Take away, take away, take away-hey
         N.C.                   D-||-|| A-||-|| G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)||
Take away this ball and chain

D-||-D4D A-||-0A G-||-|| a-g D-||- (--0030)|| (x2)

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