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Author/Artist: Mike Ness, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready
Title: Ball & Chain
Album: Wiltern - 02-26-02
Transcribed by: Rick Posey
Email: rick@giventowail.com
All guitars tuned down 1/2 step
E: 022100
B: x24442
A: x02220
E B A E
Intro Solo:
-|---------------------14-----------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------15\12--12/14v--12/14--------------------14\12-------
-|--6/9--/11--/13vv----------------------------11/13--\9--/11\9\8-------------
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w/ slide
-|-12/16----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------12h14--12h14--------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------11/13--------------------------------------------------
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E B A E
well it's been ten years and a thousand tears and look at the mess I'm in
E B A E
a broken nose and a broken heart, an empty bottle of gin
E B A E
well i sit and i pray in my '54 chevrolet
E B A E
i'm singing to myself there's got to be another way
E B A E
take away, take away, take away this ball and chain
E B A E
i'm lonely and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain
E B A E
take away, take away, never to return again
E B A
take away, take away, take away...
E B A E
take away this ball and chain...
Solo 1 (w/ E B A E under):
-|-------------------------------------/15-/17--19-19-16-----14/16-14-12------
-|--12---------------------------------------------------17-------------------
-|-----11b13--13\11p9\8v--9v-9-8h9p8v-----------------------------------------
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-|-------14\12v---------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------12----------------------------------------
-|-11/13----------9/11--/18-\11/13-----11/13\11\9-----------------------------
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E B A E
well i've searched and i've searched to find that perfect life
E B A E
a brand new car, a brand new suit - i even got me a little wife
E B A E
but wherever i have gone, i was sure to find myself there
E B A
you can run all your life but never go anywhere
E B A E
take away, take away, take away this ball and chain
E B A E
i'm sick and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain
E B A E
take away, take away, never to return again
E B A
take away, take away, take away...
E B A E
take away this ball and chain...
E B A E
Solo 2:
-|------------------------------------------------------------------16--------
-|--12v--12/14--12\7---------------------------------------------------17-----
-|--------------------11/13-13-13\11--9/11-9-9/11\9-11/13--16/18\16-----------
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-|----16-16----------14/16vv--------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------9---14-----------------------
-|-16-------16/18-16----------11/13v--13\11-8/9--11--11--\--------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------\--------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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E B A E
well i'll pass the bar on the way to my dingy hotel room
E B A E
i spent all my money, i've been drinking with the drag queens all afternoon
E B A E
i'll wake there in the morning or maybe in the orange county jail
E B A E
times are hard, getting harder; i'm born to lose and destined to fail
E B A E
take away, take away, take away this ball and chain
E B A E
i'm lonely and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain
E B A E
take away, take away, never to return again
E B A
take away, take away, take away... mother fucker
E B A E
take away this ball and chain...
Outtro Solo:
-|-16v------------------------------------16/17\16--16/17\16------------------
-|------12/14---10/12-12\10--14\12---------------------------12/14-12---------
-|---------------------------------11/13-------------------------------9/11---
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-|-----------------------16-16------------------------------------------------
-|---18v-----------------------17--12--14--12----------------10--9--12-12-----
-|-9/18v--9/11-/13--/16------------13--14--13-13v--------11------9--------13--
-|-------------------------------------------------9/11-----------------------
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-|-/14-----15\12--12/14-------------------------------------------------------
-|-/14------------------------------------------------------------------------
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