{"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":83674,"song":"Ball And Chain","artist":"Social Distortion","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11549030-ball-and-chain-chords-by-social-distortion/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/83674?type=chord","rating":4.69327,"votes":556,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell it's been ten years and a thousand tears and look at the mess I'm in[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA broken nose and a broken heart an empty bottle of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I sit and I pray in my thirty-seven Chevrolet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm singin' to myself there's got to be another way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away, take away this ball and chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm lonely and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away never to return again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away, take away…[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away this ball and chain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental/Accordion Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I've searched and I've searched to find the perfect life[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA brand new car and a brand new suit I even got me a little wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut wherever I have gone I was sure to find myself there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can run all your life but not go anywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away, take away this ball and chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sick and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away never to return again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away, take away…[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away this ball and chain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental/Accordion Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I'll pass the bar on the way to my dingy hotel room[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI spent all my money I’ve been drinking since a half past noon[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I'll wake there in the morning or maybe in the county jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTimes are hard, getting harder, I'm born to lose and destined to fail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away, take away this ball and chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm lonely and I'm tired and I can't take any more pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake away, take away never to return again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch](strum once/let ring)\r\nTake away, take away, take away…[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                    [ch]D[/ch](strum once/let ring)\r\nTake away this ball and chain[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD A G D\nD A G D\nD A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental/Accordion Solo]\nD A G D\nD A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental/Accordion Solo]\nD A G D\nD A G D\nD A G D\nD A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}