Song Name: | Ball and Chain | By: | Big Mama Thornton/Janis Joplin |
Posted By: | gene | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Eb | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2007-04-29 23:04:26 | Modified: | 2008-01-12 16:01:47 |
Song: | Every time this song gets sung, it gets sung different, so I didn't figger I could go too wrong guessin' at most of this. Use these tabs as a guide and play the song however you want. 2 -1 2 -3" 3 -3 -3 3 Sit-tin' down by my win-dow 2 -2 2 -3 -3" 3 -3" 3 Just look-in' out at the rain 2 -1 2 -3" 3 -3 -3 3 Sit-tin' down by my win-dow 2 -2 2 -3 -3" 3 -3" 3 Just look-in' out at the rain 3 3 3 -2' -2 Some-thin' came a-long -3 3 -3 3 3 Grabbed a hold of me 3 -2' -2 -2 -2' -3" 3 3 And it felt like a ball and chain -3 -3 5 6 6 6 -5 -5 And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, hon' 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 7 6 6 -5 Tell me, why does ev-‘ry thing go wrong? 7 7 6 6 -5 It all goes wrong -3 -3 5 6 6 6 -5 And I say, oh, whoa, whoa 6 6 6 7 6 Now tell me why does -6 6 -6 6 6 -6 6 Ev-‘ry thing go wrong, all wrong -3 -4 -3 -4 -3 5 Say, here you gone to-day 5 -4 5 5 -4 5 -4 And I want-ed to love you 5 -4 6 For so long 6 6 6 -5 -5 Oh, whoa, whoa, hon' 6 -5 7 It ain't fair 7 7 7 7 -6 7 It ain't fair what you do 6 6 6 6 -5 What you can do, Lord -3 -3 5 6 6 6 -5 And I say oh whoa whoa 7 7 7 It ain't fair 7 7 7 7 -6 7 It ain't fair what you do 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 7 Oh sud-den-ly you broke my heart 6 -6 -6 6 -6 -6 6 -6 6 4 Oh when I was giv-in' my love to you (Like the first verse): Sit-tin' down by my window Just lookin' out at the rain Sittin' down by my window Just lookin' out at the rain Some-thin' came a-long Grabbed a hold of me And it felt like a ball and chain -3 -3 5 6 6 6 -5 -5 And I say oh, whoa whoa, Hon' 7 7 7 This can't be 7 7 9 8 8 This can't be in vain 9 9 9 No, no, no. -3 -3 5 6 6 6 -5 And I say oh whoa, whoa 7 7 7 This can't be 7 7 7 7 9 9 8 8 Hon-ey, it can't be all in vain 5 5 -4 5 5 Hope there is some-one 5 -4 5 5 That could tell me -4 5 -4 5 Why love is like -4 6 -4 5 -4 4 A ball and chain. (Willie Mae [Big Mama]Thornton wrote "Ball and Chain" which Big Brother changed to a minor-key blues. She applauded Janis' version of "Ball and Chain," saying, "That girl feels like I do." ) |