Ball and Chain Social Distortion
I have seen this so many times as D A G D....but if you listen and play with the
song it has to be C# G# F# C# in a standard tune. So here it is!! Played in the
same tune as Social Distortion!!!
(intro) 2x C# G# F# C# (solo) with 4x C# G# F# C#
Well [C#]it's been ten years and a thousand t[G#]ears
An[F#]d look at the mess I'm in-[C#]
A b[C#]roken nose and a broken heart,[G#]
An [F#]empty bottle of gin[C#]
[C#]Well I sit and I pray[G#]
In[F#] my broken down Chevrolet-[C#]
[C#]While I'm singin' to myself[G#]
[F#] There's got to be another way[C#]
3x C# G# F# C#
Take a way, take away,
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
(let F# ring)
Take away, take away
(music pauses)
Take away this ball and chain
2x C# G# F# C#
4x C# G# F# C#
Well I've searched and I've searched
To find the perfect life-
A brand new car and a brand new suit
I even got me a little wife-
But wherever I have gone
I was sure to find myself there-
You can run all your life
But not go anywhere
3x C# G# F# C#
Take a way, take away,
Take away this ball and chain
I'm sick and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
(let F# ring)
Take away, take away
(music pauses)
Take away this ball and chain
2x C# G# F# C#
(solo) with 4x C# G# F# C#
4x C# G# F# C#
Well I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room-
I spent all my money
Been drinkin' since half past noon-
I'll wake there in the mornin'
Or maybe in the county jail-
Times are hard getting harder
I'm born to lose and destined to fail-
3x C# G# F# C#
Take a way, take away,
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
(let F# ring)
Take away, take away
(music pauses)
Take away this ball and chain
(outro)
4x C# G# F# C#
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