Big Brother & The Holding Company ft. Janis Joplin – Ball And Chain Chords

These are the chords for Ball And Chain by Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro Solo]
F#m     Bm      F#m     F#m
Bm      Bm      F#m     F#m
C#7     Bm      F#m Bm  C#7

[Verse 1]
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
Something came along,
          C7      Bm
grabbed a hold of me
           A5     G#5
And it felt just like
            F#m
a ball and chain
Bm
Honey, that's exactly
what it felt like
C#7
Honey, just dragging me down

[Verse 2]
F#m
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa,
                 Bm
now hun, tell me why
Why does every single little
           F#m
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
Hey, here you gone today,
Bm
I wanted to love you
Honey, I just wanted to hold
                    F#m
you, I said, for so long
Bm    C7
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

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[Verse 3]
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
I hope there's someone out
                        C7
there who could tell me
Bm
Why the man I love wants
                       F#m
to leave me in so much pain
     Bm
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could
         C#7
help me, come on, help me!

[Verse 4]
F#m
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa,
                 Bm
now hun, tell me why
Now tell me, tell me,
tell me, tell me,
         F#m
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      F#m     F#m
Bm      Bm      F#m     F#m
C#7     Bm      F#m Bm  C#7

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[Verse 5]
          F#m
And I say oh, whoa, whoa,
no honey
         Bm
It isn't fair, daddy it
                F#m
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
It isn't fair, now,
          F#m
now, now, what you do
I said hun it isn't fair what,
hun it isn't fair what you do
   C#7
Oh, hear you gone today and
   C7 Bm
all I ever wanted to do
       F#m
Was to love you
Bm
Honey and I think there can
be nothing wrong with that
C#7
Only it isn't wrong,
no, no, no, no, no

[Verse 6]
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
Something came along,
          C7      Bm
grabbed a hold of me
           A5    G#5
And it felt like a
          F#m
ball and chain
        Bm
Yes, it did babe,
And I'm gonna tell you
     C#7
this one more time, hey, hey

[Verse 7/Ending]
         F#m
And I say oh,
whoa whoa, now baby
           Bm
This can't be,
                 F#m
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
Hey, hope there is someone
                   C7
that could tell me
Bm
Hun, tell me why
N.C.
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!