{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":54763,"song":"Lucky Ball And Chain","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540607-lucky-ball-and-chain-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/54763?type=chord","rating":4.96207,"votes":87,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI lost my lucky ball & chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now she's four years gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust five feet tall and sick of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all my rattling on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe threw away her baby-doll[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI held on to my pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I was young and foolish then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel old and foolish now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConfidentially, she never called me baby-doll[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConfidentially, I never had much pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    N.C.\r\nJust pondering this time bomb in my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI lost my lucky ball & chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now she's four years gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust five feet tall and sick of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all my rattling on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe walked away from a happy man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought I was so cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI just stood there whistling[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"There goes the bride\" as she walked out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI could shake my tiny fist[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd swear I wasn't wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut what's the sense in arguing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you're all alone?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSure as you can't steer a train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can't change your fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when she told me off that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew I'd lost my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConfidentially, I never told you of her charms[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConfidentially, we never had a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this railroad apartment was the perfect place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    N.C.\r\nWhen she'd sit and hold me in her arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI lost my lucky ball & chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now she's four years gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust five feet tall and sick of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all my rattling on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe walked away from a happy man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought I was so cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI just stood there whistling[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"There goes the bride\" as she walked out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(repeat and fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD6\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD6\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Em","C","D","D6"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}