Ball and Chain

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       Ball & Chain - Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Tabbed By : Aeonoptic

Tuning: EADGBe
                             v these are all tremolo picked, so there 
is a lot more

  F#m                                                      Bm
E|---14-17-17h19p17| 19b21~~~-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21|19b21-
B|17---------------| 19b21~~~------------------------------|------
G|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-------
D|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-------
A|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-------
E|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-------
E|19b21-19b21-19b21-19b22-19b22-19b22-19b22| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------|  
D|----------------------------------------|  
A|----------------------------------------|  
E|----------------------------------------|  

  F#m                                      Bm
E|---------19b20--19b20-19b-17~~----------|------------------------
B|19pbr22-------------------------17b--17\|------------------------
G|--------------------------------17b--17\| 4b6~~--4b6-4~-4~-2b----
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------4---
A|----------------------------------------|------------------------
E|----------------------------------------|------------------------
E|------------------|  
B|------------------|  
G|4/6-6~~---2-4-2-4b6| 
D|------------------|  
A|------------------|  
E|------------------|  

  F#m                      C#7                               C7    Bm
E|------------------------|---------------------------------------|---
B|------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4| 3-
G|------------------------|-------4---4b6-4pbr6--4/6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5| 4-
D|------------------------|-----3---3-----------------------------|---
A|-----------------------2| 2/4~-----------------------------------|--
E|2--5b7--5-2--0-2---2-5--|---------------------------------------|---
E|-----------------------|  
B|-3b-3-3-3-3-------------| 
G|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4b6--2h4| 
D|-----------------------|  
A|------------------------| 
E|-----------------------|  

  F#m                       Bm                 C#7
E|--------------------------2-5-7b9-7-5---5--| 14b17-14pb17-14pb17-12
B|------------------------2-------------7---7|-----------------------
G|2~~--4b6-4pb6-4pbr6-2-4--------------------|-----------------------
D|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------
E|----14-17-19b21-19-17h19--17b----| 
B|14---------------------------17\|  
G|--------------------------------|  
D|--------------------------------|  
A|--------------------------------|  
E|--------------------------------|  

[Chorus]

F#m
Sitting down by my window
Bm                 F#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Bm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
                  F#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7                             C7      Bm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
        A5 G#5          F#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Bm
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
C#7
Honey, just dragging me down

[Verse]

F#m                                         Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                                        F#m
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah
               Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why
         F#m
Why does every thing, every thing
     C#7                 C7 Bm
Hey, here you gone today,   I wanted to love you
                                                 F#m
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long
Bm    C7
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

F#m
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Bm    F#m
Feels     just like a ball and chain
Bm
Now, love's just dragging me down, baby, yeah
             F#m
Feels like a ball and chain
C#7                                                C7
I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
Bm                                              F#m
Why the man I love wants to leave me in so much pain
     Bm                               C#7
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!

F#m                                         Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hun, tell me why
                                                 F#m
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah
           Bm
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you
       F#m
When I need to know why, come on tell me why, hey hey hey
C#7                     C7
Hear you've gone today
Bm
I wanted to love you and hold you
                F#m
Until the day I die

Bm     C#7
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!


[Solo]


  F#m                                              Bm
E|------------------------------------------------|-----------------
B|------------------------------------------------|-----------------
G|16b18~--16b18-16-16b18-16pb18-16-16b18-16pb18-16| 16b18-16pb18-16-
D|------------------------------------------------|-----------------
A|------------------------------------------------|-----------------
E|------------------------------------------------|-----------------
E|------------------------------------|  
B|------------------------------------|  
G|16b18-16pbr18-16b18-16pb18-16pbr18-16| 
D|------------------------------------|  
A|------------------------------------|  
E|------------------------------------|  

  F#m                                                                                           tremolo v
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-||------------------------------------------- 
B|-||------------------------------------------- 

G|16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b19-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b19\
D|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
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D|-||------------------------------------------- 
A|-||------------------------------------------- 
E|-||------------------------------------------- 

  Bm
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
G|4br6~~----4-2-4-2~~--4b6---4-2-4-2-----------2b-4b6-4pbr6-4-2~-4b6\|
D|--------4--------------------------4-2-4-2-4-----------------------|
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------

  F#m                            C#7
E|------------------------------|--------5-7b9-7-5~----------9-8-7----
B|------------------------------|----5-7------------7h9p7h9--------7--
G|-------------------2-4b6-4-2-4| 4/6---------------------------------
D|-------------2/4~-------------|-------------------------------------
A|4-2------2-4------------------|-------------------------------------
E|----5~~-----------------------|-------------------------------------
E|9-8-7|  
B|-----|  
G|------| 
D|-----|  
A|-----|  
E|-----|  

  Bm                                         F#m                 Bm
E|---9-9-7---9-8-7---9-9-8-7---9-8-7---9-8-7|----9-8-7-9---7/9-9-
B|7--------7-------7---------7-------7------| 5/7---------7------
G|------------------------------------------|--------------------
D|------------------------------------------|--------------------
A|------------------------------------------|--------------------
E|------------------------------------------|--------------------
E|9\7p5-7-5---7b9-7-5--------------|  
B|-----------7---------7-5-7-7------| 
G|----------------------------6\4p2|  
D|---------------------------------|  
A|---------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------|  

  C#7
E|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|4b6-4br6p2-4~-4b7-----2h4-4brbrbr7| 
D|------------------2h4-------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------| 

          F#m
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
         Bm                             F#m
It isn't fair, daddy it isn't fair what you do
I see what you're doing to me and you know it isn't fair
              Bm
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
                              F#m
It isn't fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hun it isn't fair what, hun it isn't fair what you do

   C#7                  C7     Bm
Oh, hear you gone today    and all I ever wanted to do
       F#m      Bm
Was to love you
Honey and I think there can be nothing wrong with that
C#7
Only it isn't wrong, no, no, no, no, no


[Chorus]

F#m
Sitting down by my window
Bm                 F#m
Honey, looking out at the rain
Bm
Lord, Lord, Lord, sitting down by my window
                  F#m
Baby, looking out at the rain
C#7                             C7      Bm
Something came along, grabbed a hold of me
        A5 G#5          F#m
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Bm
Yes it did babe,
                            C#7
And I'm gonna tell you this one more time, hey, hey


[Outro]

          F#m
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
           Bm                   F#m
This can't be, no this can't be in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
          Bm
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
                    F#m
Now now now now now now now now now, no no, not in vain
     C#7                                        C7
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
Bm
Hun, tell me why
Hun, tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball

Ball
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain
F#m
Yeah!



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| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| b    Bend
| br   Bend release
| pb   Pre-bend
| pbr  Pre-bend release
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
| ~    Vibrato

• A5
• Bm
• C#7
• C7
• F#m
• G#5

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