Ball And Chain Chords
by Janis Joplin
Ball And Chain by Janis Joplin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Cm, Dm, Bb and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(versão simplificada)
Gm Cm
Sitting down by my window,
Gm
Oh, looking at the rain.
Cm
S-sitting down by my window now now,
All around I felt it,
Gm
All I could see was the rain.
Dm
Something grabbed a hold of me, honey,
Cm Bb Am Gm
Felt to me honey like, lord, a ball and chain.
Cm
Yeah! hey! you know what I mean,
Dm
But its way too heavy for you,
You cant hold it tomorrow.
Gm Cm
Say, whoa, whoa, honey, it cant be
Just because I got to want your love
Gm
Please please please please, whoa please, please.
Cm
Whoa, honey it cant be
Just because I got to need you daddy.
Gm
Please dont you let me down, no, please, lord!
Dm Cm
Here you gone today, but I wanted to love you,
Bb Am Gm
I wanted to hold you, yeah, till the day I die,
Cm
Till the day, till the day,
Dm
Yeah! hey! hey! all right!
Gm Cm
Say, whoa, whoa, honey this cant be
Not anything I ever wanted from you daddy
Gm
Tell me now, now, now, now, oh, tell me now, yeah.
Cm
I say, whoa, whoa, honey this cant be
Gm
No, no, no, no, no, no, no ... yeah yeah, hey!
Dm Cm
And I want someone that could tell me, tell me why
(o resto é repetição)