Ball and Chain
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The Song Kit has everything for practicing away from here:
- Full sheet, both hands
- Right hand melody sheet
- Leadsheet
- Practice Pack
- MP3, and MP3 with click
- MIDI file
- Lyrics and chords
Lyrics
Sittin' by my window,
(G7)and I was lookin' out (D7)at the rain.
I said, (G7)Sittin' by my window,
baby, and I was sittin' there (D7)lookin' out at the rain.
(A7)You know you somethin' struck me,
(G7)clamped on to me just (D7)like a...
just like a ball mis and chain.
(A7)I said, (D7)oh, oh, by my baby,
(G7)why you wanna do these (D7)ol' mean things?
I said, (G7)Sit oh, by my oh,
dow, baby, why you wanna do these (D7)ol' mean things at to me?
(A7)Because you know I love you,
(G7)and I'm so sick and (D7)tired a...
of livin' in misery.
(A7)I said, I said that love's gonna last with you forever,
(G7)it's gonna last.
I said it's gonna last,
oh, great God Almighty, for all eternity,
(G7)Whoa, (D7)yeah.
Song info
Ball and Chain by Janis Joplin is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 90 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Chords
- A7 C D D7 G7
- Artist
- Janis Joplin
- Genre
- Musical/Soundtrack
- Style
- Pop rock
- Mood
- Melancholic