G    C                                 G 
Back when we made our plans to tie the knot  
   C                                G 
My friends they all laughed at me a lot  
     C                                    G 
They slapped my back and told me how they thought I was insane  
           A7                       D 
They said ?Son, you?re too young to wear that ball and chain  
 
         C                                   G  
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me  
C                 G                  A        D     
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free  
C                             G (walk down)  Em 
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key  
     C                 D                 G   
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me  
     C                 D 
Love don't feel like a ball and chain  
   G (walk down)     Em 
It don't feel like a ball and chain  
     C                 D                 G  
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me  
 
 
Well I still see my single friends from time to time  
And they ask me how it feels to walk the line  
Well I tell 'em it feels better than I ever dreamed it would  
And I would not trade places with em? even if I could  
 
         C                                   G  
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me  
C                 G                  A        D     
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free  
C                             G (walk down)  Em 
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key  
     C                 D                 G   
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me  
 
Bridge: 
     D 
Well if it is a crime for a man to love his wife 
C      
Throw that old book at me give me 99 to life  
D 
And I'll spend every minute every hour every day  
Em                  C               D 
Holding you close I don't wanta get away