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    Ball and Chain

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    The song tells the story of a man over the course of 10 years who has faced a broken nose, broken heart, and empty bottles of gin. He feels stuck in a broken down car singing to himself, looking for another way as he is lonely, tired, and can't take any more pain. Though he has searched to find a perfect new life, car, and wife, he finds himself in the same situations wherever he goes. He spends his money drinking and may end up in jail, feeling he is born to lose and destined to fail as times get harder. He pleads to have the "ball and chain" of his troubles taken away.

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    The song tells the story of a man over the course of 10 years who has faced a broken nose, broken heart, and empty bottles of gin. He feels stuck in a broken down car singing to himself, looking for another way as he is lonely, tired, and can't take any more pain. Though he has searched to find a perfect new life, car, and wife, he finds himself in the same situations wherever he goes. He spends his money drinking and may end up in jail, feeling he is born to lose and destined to fail as times get harder. He pleads to have the "ball and chain" of his troubles taken away.

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    The song tells the story of a man over the course of 10 years who has faced a broken nose, broken heart, and empty bottles of gin. He feels stuck in a broken down car singing to himself, looking for another way as he is lonely, tired, and can't take any more pain. Though he has searched to find a perfect new life, car, and wife, he finds himself in the same situations wherever he goes. He spends his money drinking and may end up in jail, feeling he is born to lose and destined to fail as times get harder. He pleads to have the "ball and chain" of his troubles taken away.

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    Ball and Chain

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    Nadya Holly
    The song tells the story of a man over the course of 10 years who has faced a broken nose, broken heart, and empty bottles of gin. He feels stuck in a broken down car singing to himself, looking for another way as he is lonely, tired, and can't take any more pain. Though he has searched to find a perfect new life, car, and wife, he finds himself in the same situations wherever he goes. He spends his money drinking and may end up in jail, feeling he is born to lose and destined to fail as times get harder. He pleads to have the "ball and chain" of his troubles taken away.

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    Ball And Chain

    6x D A G D
    4x D A G D
    Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears
    And look at the mess I'm inA broken nose and a broken heart,
    An empty bottle of gin
    Well I sit and I pray
    In my broken down ChevroletWhile I'm singin' to myself
    There's got to be another way
    3x D A G D
    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
    1x D A G (let G ring)
    Take away, take away
    (music pauses)
    Take away this ball and chain
    2x D A G D
    4x D A G D
    Well I've searched and I've searched
    To find the perfect lifeA brand new car and a brand new suit
    I even got me a little wifeBut wherever I have gone
    I was sure to find myself thereYou can run all your life
    But not go anywhere
    3x D A G D
    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
    1x D A G (let G ring)
    Take away, take away
    (music pauses)
    Take away this ball and chain
    2x D A G D
    (solo)
    4x D A G D
    4x D A G D
    Well I'll pass the bar on the way
    To my dingy hotel roomI spent all my money

    Been drinkin' since half past noonI'll wake there in the mornin'
    Or maybe in the county jailTimes are hard getting harder
    I'm born to lose and destined to fail3x D A G D
    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
    1x D A G (let G ring)
    Take away, take away
    (music pauses)
    Take away this ball and chain
    2x D A G D
    (outro)
    4x D A G D

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