Ball and Chain
by Big Mama Thornton/Janis Joplin · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Sit-tin' down by my win-dow
Just look-in' out at the rain
Sit-tin' down by my win-dow
Just look-in' out at the rain
Some-thin' came a-long
Grabbed a hold of me
And it felt like a ball and chain
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, hon'
Tell me, why does ev-‘ry thing go wrong?
It all goes wrong
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa
Now tell me why does
Ev-‘ry thing go wrong, all wrong
Say, here you gone to-day
And I want-ed to love you
For so long
Oh, whoa, whoa, hon'
It ain't fair
It ain't fair what you do
What you can do, Lord
And I say oh whoa whoa
It ain't fair
It ain't fair what you do
Oh sud-den-ly you broke my heart
Oh when I was giv-in' my love to you
And I say oh, whoa whoa, Hon'
This can't be
This can't be in vain
No, no, no.
And I say oh whoa, whoa
This can't be
Hon-ey, it can't be all in vain
Hope there is some-one
That could tell me
Why love is like
A ball and chain.