They Might Be Giants

Lucky Ball And Chain

They Might Be Giants


Tom: G

   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

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