Social Distortion – Ball And Chain (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] D A G D D A G D D A G D [Verse]
          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 thirty-seven Chevrolet

    D          A              G          D
I'm singin' to myself there's got to be another way
[Chorus]
      D          A          G                 D
Take away, take away, take away this ball and chain

    D              A           G                   D
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
Take away, take away, take away…

                        D
Take away this ball and chain
[Instrumental/Accordion Solo] D A G D D A G D [Verse]
          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 was sure to find myself there

        D            A        G      D
You can run all your life but not go anywhere
[Chorus]
      D          A          G                 D
Take away, take away, take away this ball and chain

    D            A           G                   D
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
Take away, take away, take away…

                        D
Take away this ball and chain
[Instrumental/Accordion Solo] D A G D D A G D D A G D D A G D [Verse]
          D                   A         G           D
Well I'll pass the bar on the way to my dingy hotel room

  D            A               G                          D
I spent all my money I’ve been drinking since a half past noon

          D                 A          G                   D
Well I'll wake there in the morning or maybe in the county jail

          D             A                   G                    D
Times are hard, getting harder, I'm born to lose and destined to fail
[Chorus]
      D          A          G                 D
Take away, take away, take away this ball and chain

    D              A           G                   D
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(strum once/let ring)
Take away, take away, take away…

N.C.                    D(strum once/let ring)
Take away this ball and chain