Chords for Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain (sensational performance at Monterey)
Tempo:
110.4 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
Bm
C#m
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [F#m]
[C#]
[D] [F#]
[C#] [F#m] [E] [A]
[F#] [B]
[F#m] [A]
[F#m]
[C#m] [A] [C#m]
[Bm] [C#m] [E]
[G#] [F#m] [G]
[Am] [N] [F#m]
Down by [C#] my window, [Bm]
just looking out [F#m] at the rain.
[E]
Down by my [Bm] window, just looking [G#] out [F#m] at the [A] rain.
[C#m] Something came along, honey grabbed [B] a hold of me,
and it felt [Bm] like a ball [F#m] ain't shake.
[Bm] [C#m]
And I [F#] said, oh, oh, [Bm] oh, oh, tell me why,
[Fm] does that black thing go, go?
[F#m]
And I [Bm] said,
[B] oh, what,
[Am] [F#m]
[C#m] what, what are you gonna do?
[Cm] [Bm] To love you,
[F#m] [B]
[C#m]
[G#] [D] [F#]
oh, [B] it ain't fair, [D] honey, it ain't [F#m] fair.
What do you do?
[C#]
[F#m] I said, [G#m] honey, what you do?
[F#m]
And I said, [E] [Bm]
oh, [A]
[G#] what do [F#] you do?
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] Here you gonna do, [Cm] [Bm] won't you love me?
[F#m]
[Bm] [C#m]
Yes!
[C#] [F]
[F#] Down by my window, [B] just looking out [C#] at the rain.
[Bm]
Sitting down by my window, just looking [Em] out [F#] at the rain.
[E] [F#] Something came along, honey grabbed a [B] hold of me,
and it felt like a [F#m] ball ain't
[Bm] shake.
[C#m] And I said, oh, [F#]
oh, oh, honey, [G] oh, this can't be,
oh, this [N] can't be.
[F#m] And I said, [C#] oh, [Bm]
oh, honey, oh, this can't be,
oh, [F] [A] [F#m]
[C#m]
and I know what's up, tell me, come on, [Bm] tell me why,
[G#] oh, tell me why, oh, baby, tell me why love, honey, why love?
Well, it's like a ball ain't in a chain.
[A] [F#m]
[N]
[C#]
[D] [F#]
[C#] [F#m] [E] [A]
[F#] [B]
[F#m] [A]
[F#m]
[C#m] [A] [C#m]
[Bm] [C#m] [E]
[G#] [F#m] [G]
[Am] [N] [F#m]
Down by [C#] my window, [Bm]
just looking out [F#m] at the rain.
[E]
Down by my [Bm] window, just looking [G#] out [F#m] at the [A] rain.
[C#m] Something came along, honey grabbed [B] a hold of me,
and it felt [Bm] like a ball [F#m] ain't shake.
[Bm] [C#m]
And I [F#] said, oh, oh, [Bm] oh, oh, tell me why,
[Fm] does that black thing go, go?
[F#m]
And I [Bm] said,
[B] oh, what,
[Am] [F#m]
[C#m] what, what are you gonna do?
[Cm] [Bm] To love you,
[F#m] [B]
[C#m]
[G#] [D] [F#]
oh, [B] it ain't fair, [D] honey, it ain't [F#m] fair.
What do you do?
[C#]
[F#m] I said, [G#m] honey, what you do?
[F#m]
And I said, [E] [Bm]
oh, [A]
[G#] what do [F#] you do?
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] Here you gonna do, [Cm] [Bm] won't you love me?
[F#m]
[Bm] [C#m]
Yes!
[C#] [F]
[F#] Down by my window, [B] just looking out [C#] at the rain.
[Bm]
Sitting down by my window, just looking [Em] out [F#] at the rain.
[E] [F#] Something came along, honey grabbed a [B] hold of me,
and it felt like a [F#m] ball ain't
[Bm] shake.
[C#m] And I said, oh, [F#]
oh, oh, honey, [G] oh, this can't be,
oh, this [N] can't be.
[F#m] And I said, [C#] oh, [Bm]
oh, honey, oh, this can't be,
oh, [F] [A] [F#m]
[C#m]
and I know what's up, tell me, come on, [Bm] tell me why,
[G#] oh, tell me why, oh, baby, tell me why love, honey, why love?
Well, it's like a ball ain't in a chain.
[A] [F#m]
[N]
Key:
F#m
Bm
C#m
F#
A
F#m
Bm
C#m
[F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ Down by [C#] my window, [Bm] _ _
_ just looking out [F#m] _ at the rain. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Down by my [Bm] window, _ just looking [G#] out [F#m] at the [A] rain. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ Something came along, honey grabbed [B] a hold of me,
and it felt [Bm] like a ball [F#m] ain't shake. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ And I [F#] said, oh, _ oh, [Bm] oh, oh, tell me why,
[Fm] does that black thing go, go?
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I [Bm] said, _ _
_ _ _ [B] oh, what, _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ what, what are you gonna do?
[Cm] [Bm] To love you, _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _
oh, [B] it ain't fair, [D] honey, it ain't [F#m] fair.
What do you do?
_ [C#] _
[F#m] I said, [G#m] honey, what you do?
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ And I said, [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ oh, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ what do [F#] you do? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Here you gonna do, [Cm] _ [Bm] _ won't you love me?
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
Yes!
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[F#] Down by my window, _ [B] _ _ just looking out [C#] at the rain.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ Sitting _ _ _ down by my window, _ just looking [Em] out _ [F#] at the rain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ Something came along, honey grabbed a [B] hold of me,
and it felt like a [F#m] ball ain't _ _ _
[Bm] shake.
_ [C#m] And _ _ _ _ _ _ I said, oh, [F#] _
oh, oh, honey, [G] oh, this can't be,
oh, this [N] can't _ be.
[F#m] And I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ said, _ _ [C#] oh, [Bm] _
_ _ oh, honey, oh, this can't be,
oh, [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
and I know what's up, tell me, come on, [Bm] tell me why,
[G#] oh, tell me why, oh, baby, tell me why love, honey, why love? _ _ _ _
Well, it's like a ball _ ain't in a chain.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ Down by [C#] my window, [Bm] _ _
_ just looking out [F#m] _ at the rain. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Down by my [Bm] window, _ just looking [G#] out [F#m] at the [A] rain. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ Something came along, honey grabbed [B] a hold of me,
and it felt [Bm] like a ball [F#m] ain't shake. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ And I [F#] said, oh, _ oh, [Bm] oh, oh, tell me why,
[Fm] does that black thing go, go?
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I [Bm] said, _ _
_ _ _ [B] oh, what, _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ what, what are you gonna do?
[Cm] [Bm] To love you, _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _
oh, [B] it ain't fair, [D] honey, it ain't [F#m] fair.
What do you do?
_ [C#] _
[F#m] I said, [G#m] honey, what you do?
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ And I said, [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ oh, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ what do [F#] you do? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Here you gonna do, [Cm] _ [Bm] _ won't you love me?
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
Yes!
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[F#] Down by my window, _ [B] _ _ just looking out [C#] at the rain.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ Sitting _ _ _ down by my window, _ just looking [Em] out _ [F#] at the rain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ Something came along, honey grabbed a [B] hold of me,
and it felt like a [F#m] ball ain't _ _ _
[Bm] shake.
_ [C#m] And _ _ _ _ _ _ I said, oh, [F#] _
oh, oh, honey, [G] oh, this can't be,
oh, this [N] can't _ be.
[F#m] And I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ said, _ _ [C#] oh, [Bm] _
_ _ oh, honey, oh, this can't be,
oh, [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
and I know what's up, tell me, come on, [Bm] tell me why,
[G#] oh, tell me why, oh, baby, tell me why love, honey, why love? _ _ _ _
Well, it's like a ball _ ain't in a chain.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _