Lucky Ball And Chain

   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              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              G
I feel old and foolish now.


D6 ( A D with A muted B string )

[Chorus]

     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
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind.

[Verse 2]

   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              G
And all my rattling on
     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          G       Em
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em    C  D
There goes the bride as she walked out the door

Bridge: ( Noise )

[Verse 3]

  G              Em
I could shake my tiny fist
    C              D
And swear I wasn't wrong,
    G                   Em
But what's the sense in arguing
C               G
When you're all alone?
G                 Em
Sure as you can't steer a train
    C                 D
You can't change your fate
     G           Em
When she told me off that day
       C           G
I knew I'd lost my home.

D6

[Chorus]

     C                           G
Confidentially, I never told you of her charms.
     C                         G
Confidentially, we never had a home,
    C                               G
But this railroad apartment was the perfect place
     D             C              D
When she'd sit and hold me in her arms.

[Verse 4]

  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              G
And all my rattling on
     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          G       Em
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em   C  D
There goes the bride as she walked out the door