{"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":1943263,"song":"Lucky Ball And Chain","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1943263-lucky-ball-and-chain-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1943263?type=chord","rating":4.87646,"votes":19,"content":"I based this on the album version, but I got the bridge from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Ygjt0_hKs\r\nIn that video, it looks like where I have \"B7\" he is playing something different. However, I don't think it's\r\nD6, as you'll find in other tabs of this song. D6 just doesn't quite sound right when compared to\r\neither their live performances or the studio recording. I think B7 sounds better, but feel free to experiment\r\nand leave a comment with what you think sounds best :)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 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\r\nB7 [Give it a listen to get the strum down.] \r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\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]     \r\nJust pondering this time bomb in my mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 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       C                 D                 G (strum 3 times and pause for a 1-beat rest.)\r\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door\r\n    \r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[h = hammer on, but in live performances, he often just plucks them individually. The D7 moving up 3 frets is\r\nhow they play it live; it's a little different on the album recording.]\r\n\r\n[tab]             ([ch]D7[/ch])     \r\ne|-------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11------|\r\nB|-------------|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-10------|\r\nG|-------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-11------|\r\nD|---------0h2-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|\r\nA|-----0h2-----|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|\r\nE|--3----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 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\nWhen 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\r\n[ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\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]     \r\nWhen she'd sit and hold me in her arms.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat 2nd verse:\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]         \r\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[The song fades out on the album; in the live performances they usually end on G. I like to end by strumming\r\nG three times, like in the video I linked at the top.]","plain_text":"I based this on the album version, but I got the bridge from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Ygjt0_hKs\nIn that video, it looks like where I have \"B7\" he is playing something different. However, I don't think it's\nD6, as you'll find in other tabs of this song. D6 just doesn't quite sound right when compared to\neither their live performances or the studio recording. I think B7 sounds better, but feel free to experiment\nand leave a comment with what you think sounds best :)\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB7 [Give it a listen to get the strum down.] \n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       C                 D                 G (strum 3 times and pause for a 1-beat rest.)\nThere goes the bride as she walked out the door\n    \n\nBridge:\n[h = hammer on, but in live performances, he often just plucks them individually. The D7 moving up 3 frets is\nhow they play it live; it's a little different on the album recording.]\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB7\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat 2nd verse:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[The song fades out on the album; in the live performances they usually end on G. I like to end by strumming\nG three times, like in the video I linked at the top.]","chords":["B7","D6","G","Em","C","D","D7","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}