Guitar Tab:Lucky Ball & Chain

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Lucky Ball & Chain

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: G Major

Year: 1990

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Each chord or dash represents one beat. ] G - Em - I lost my lucky ball & chain C - D - And now she's four years gone G - Em - Just five feet tall and sick of me C - D/G - And all my rattling on G - Em - She threw away her baby-doll C - D - I held on to my pride G - Em - But I was young and foolish then C - D/G - I feel old and foolish now. B7 - - x C - - - G - - - Confidentially, she never called me baby-doll C - - - G - - - Confidentially, I never had much pride C - - - G - - - But now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two D - C - D - - x Just pondering this time bomb in my mind. 2ND VERSE: (Repeat first four lines of song) G - Em - She walked away from a happy man. C - D - I thought I was so cool. G - Em - I just stood there whistling C - D - "There goes the bride" as she walked out the G - Em - door. C - D - There goes the bride as she walked out the G door. Solo: Fm7 (or Cdim7/Eb-dim) I could shake my tiny fist And swear I wasn't wrong, But what's the sense in arguing When you're all alone? Sure as you can't steer a train You can't change your fate When she told me off that day I knew I'd lost my home. Confidentially, I never told you of her charms. Confidentially, we never had a home, But this railroad apartment was the perfect place When she'd sit and hold me in her arms. (Repeat 2nd verse) C - D - There goes the bride as she walked out the G door. Outro: G - Em - C - D (repeat infinitely until fade or just end with G) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +