Intro: E    G    E    G  

verse 1 

   E  
   People listen up don't stand to near, 
                          B 
 Cuz' I got somthing that you all should hear 

All lies,  All the lies she told me  
                      E 
Make a little part of history 

I was always taught that boy meets girl 
                               B 
Fall in love get married and forget the world 

Nine month later ,the sweet babys on his way 
A 
Kiss Em on the cheek and life's ok 
E               A     E               A 
I don't feel no pain ,I don't have no time 
E               A                  B    C 
To listen to conflicting points of view 
E                     G    B 
It's a crazy world to live alone, 
E                  G       B                         E  G  E  G 
A ball and chain I call my own , budda bup ba bup ba whoooo 

verse 2 

E 
People listen up don't stand to close 
                        B 
I got somthing that you all should know 
                                                   E 
Holy....matrimony not for me , rather die alone in misery  

I was always taught that boy meets girl  
                               B 
fall in love get married an forget the world 

Nine months later the sweet babys on the way 
A 
Isn't that what they used to say 
E                    A            E        A 
With a girl that you knew and the bonds we grew 
E             A        B     C 
Turned into a ball and chain 
E               G       B 
I step into the great unknown 
E                  G       B  
A ball and chain I call my own, 
E 
it's a crazy world to live alone 

Instrumental  

E                   B       E      B      A 
budda bup ba bup ba ............... 

E                    A            E        A 
With a girl that you knew and the bonds we grew 
E            A        B     C 
Turned int o ball and chain 
E               G       B  
Instep into the great unknown  
E                  G       B 
A ball and chain I call my own  

verse 3 

E  
Because marriage doesn't work in the world today 
                            B 
It's an institution that is in decay 

And if I have love that I wish to portray  
                           E 
I will surley find another way 

Because I was always taught that boy meets girl  
                                B 
Fall in love get married and forget the world 

Nine months later the sweet baby's on the way 
A 
Kiss Em on the cheek and life's ok 
E               A       E               A 
I don't feel no pain ,I don't have know time 
E               A                  B    C 
To listen to conflicting points of view 
E               G       B 
I step into the great unknown  
E                       G       B 
With a ball and chain I call my own 
                    E    G   E   G 
Badda bup ba bup ba whoooo