To play in the original key tune down a half step and play in D major (the original key is D♭ major)
Ball and Chain
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DDDDDDDDAAAAGGGG
P1:
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
S1:
Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears And look at the mess I'm in A broken nose and a broken heart An empty bottle of gin Well I sit and I pray In my broken down Chevrolet While I'm singing to myself There's got to be another way
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
R1:
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away Take away Take awa---ay Take away this ball and chain
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AGDD
M1:
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
S2:
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
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
R2:
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm sick and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away Take away Take awa---ay Take away this ball and chain
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DDDDDDAAAGGG
M2:
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
S3:
Well I'll pass the bar on the way To my dingy hotel room I spent all my money I've been drinking since half past noon Well I'll wake there in the morning Or maybe in the county jail Times are hard getting harder I'm born to lose and destined to fail
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DAGDDAGDDAGDDAGD
R1:
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away Take away Take awa---ay Take away this ball and chain
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DDDDDAAAGGGD
D1:
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